Rhinolophus hipposideros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: Rhinolophus hipposideros
Subspecies: R. h. escalerae – R. h. hipposideros – R. h. majori – R. h. midas – R. h. minimus – R. h. minutus

Name

Hipposideros hipposideros (André, 1797)

Type material: Unknown.
Type locality: not stated.

Combinations

Noctilio hipposideros André, 1797: 65 [original combination]

Native distribution areas

Ireland, N Europe to Iberia and Morocco, through South Europe and North Africa to Kyrgyzstan and Kashmir; Bulgaria; Israel and Jordan; Arabia; Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti.

References

Primary references

André, C.C. 1797. Der Zoologe, oder Compendiöse Bibliothek des Wissenswürdigsten aus der Thiergeschichte und allgemeinen Naturkunde. Heft V–VIII. Johann Jacob Gebauer: Eisenach. 416 pp. GoogleBooks Reference page.
Benda, P. & Mlíkovský, J. 2022. Nomenclatural notes on the lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series 191: 5–14. DOI: 10.37520/jnmpnhs.2022.002 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kleine Hufeisennase
English: Lesser Horseshoe Bat
español: Murciélago pequeño de herradura
galego: Morcego pequeno de ferradura

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