Genus Hipposideros J.E. Gray, 1831

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• Hipposideros Gray, J.E. 1831. Descriptions of some new genera and species of bats. pp. 37–38 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würtz & Co. Vol. 1 [37] [see Poche, F. 1912. Über den Inhalt und die Erscheinungszeiten der einzelnen Teile, Hefte etc. und die verschieden Ausgaben des Schreber'schen Säugetierwerkes (1774–1855). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 1911.1.4.(Suppl): 124–183 [137, 147, 178, 180] and Oey, H.P. & van der Feen, P.J. 1958. Some remarks on Hipposideros speoris and Hipposideros larvatus (Chiroptera, Rhinolophoidea). Beaufortia 6: 225–241 [227–230] for discussion of the authorship and the date of the type species].

  Type species:

   Vespertilio speoris Schneider, 1800 (= Hipposideros speoris (Schneider, 1800)) by subsequent designation, see Sclater, W.L. 1901. The Mammals of South Africa. Rodentia, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Cetacea and Edentata. London : R.H. Porter Vol. 2 pp. xii 241 [116]

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Poche, F. 1912. Über den Inhalt und die Erscheinungszeiten der einzelnen Teile, Hefte etc. und die verschieden Ausgaben des Schreber'schen Säugetierwerkes (1774–1855). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin 1911.1.4.(Suppl): 124–183; Oey, H.P. & van der Feen, P.J. 1958. Some remarks on Hipposideros speoris and Hipposideros larvatus (Chiroptera, Rhinolophoidea). Beaufortia. Amsterdam 6: 225–241.
• Phyllorrhina Bonaparte, C.L. 1837. Iconografia della Fauna Italica: per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo 1 Mammiferi e Uccelli. Fasc. XXI (1832–1841). Roma : Tipografia Salviucci. [publication date established from Salvadori, T. 1888. Le date della pubblicazione della 'Iconografia della Fauna Italicien' del Bonaparte ed Indice delle species illustrata in detta opera. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 3(48): 1–25 [9]; first page (unnumbered) of text entitled Vespertilio ursinii] [third page (unnumbered) of text entitled Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum; originally proposed as a subgenus of Rhinolophus Lacépède, 1799; recorded from Australia by Wagner, J.A. 1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur und mit Beschreibungen. Eine Zusammenstellung der neuesten Entdeckungen auf dem Gebiete der Säugthierkunde. Supplementband Fünfte Abtheilung Lfg 14–15 in, Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschrebungen von Dr Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Lepzig : T.O. Weigel 625–720 pls 40–45 pp. [661]; the name Phyllorrhina Bonaparte, 1837 and the nom. nud. Phyllorhina Leach, 1816 and Phyllorhina Bonaparte, 1831 are discussed by Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History Zool. 11: 1–129 [4–7]; Peters, W. 1871. Über die Gattungen und Arten der Hufeisennasen, Rhinolophi. Mber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1871: 301–332 [313–314, 321] and Trouessart, E.-L. 1897. Catalogus Mammaluim tam Viventium quam Fossilium. Nova editio (Prima completa). Fasc. 1 Primates Prosimiae, Chiroptera, Insectivora. Berolini : R. Friedländer & Sohn 1–218 pp. [96–100] allocate Australian forms to 'Phyllorhina' Bonaparte, 1831].

  Type species:

   Rhinolophus diadema Geoffroy, 1813 (= Hipposideros diadema (Geoffroy, 1813)) by subsequent designation, see Sclater, W.L. 1901. The Mammals of South Africa. Rodentia, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Cetacea and Edentata. London : R.H. Porter Vol. 2 pp. xii 241 [116]

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Wagner, J.A. 1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur und mit Beschreibungen. Eine Zusammenstellung der neuesten Entdeckungen auf dem Gebiete der Säugthierkunde. Supplementband Fünfte Abtheilung Lfg 14–15 in, Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschrebungen von Dr Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Lepzig : T.O. Weigel pp. 625–720 pls 40–45; Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 11: 1–129; Peters, W. 1871. Über die Gattungen und Arten der Hufeisennasen, Rhinolophi. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 301–332; Trouessart, E.-L. 1897. Catalogus Mammaluim tam Viventium quam Fossilium. Nova editio (Prima completa). Fasc. 1 Primates Prosimiae, Chiroptera, Insectivora. Berolini : R. Friedländer & Sohn pp. 1–218.
• Phyllorhina Kolenati, F.A. 1856. Europa's Chiroptern. Allgemeine Deutsche Naturhistorischen Zeitung ns 2: 121–132, 161–192 [126] [unjustified ememd. of Phyllorrhina Bonaparte, 1837].
• Phyllorhina van der Hoeven, J. 1855. Handboek der Dierkunde. Tweede Deel. Amsterdam : J.C.A. Sulpke pp. xxviii 1068 [1035] [unjustified emend. of Phyllorrhina Bonaparte, 1837].
• Chrysonycteris Gray, J.E. 1866. A revision of the genera of Rhinolophidae, or horseshoe bats. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 81–83 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [72]] [82] [recorded from Australia by Trouessart, E.-L. 1878. Catalogue des mammifères vivants et fossiles. Rev. Mag. Zool. 3 6: 201–254 [223]].

  Type species:

   Hipposideros fulvus Gray, 1838 (= Chrysonycteris fulva (Gray, 1838)) by monotypy (as C. fulva).

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Trouessart, E.-L. 1878. Catalogue des mammifères vivants et fossiles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 3 6: 201–254.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 11: 1–129 [3–4]

 

Excluded Species

HIPPOSIDERIDAE: Hippsideros bicolor (Temminck, 1834), see Trouessart, E.-L. 1878. Catalogue des mammifères vivants et fossiles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 3 6: 201–254; Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 11: 1–129.

HIPPOSIDERIDAE: Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846, see Tate, G.H.H. 1941. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 35 A review of the genus Hipposideros, with special reference to Indo-Australian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 343–393; Jenkins, P.D. & Hill, J.E. 1981. The status of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 and Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854) (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 41: 279–294.

HIPPOSIDERIDAE: Hipposideros muscinus (Thomas & Doria, 1886), see Dahl, K. 1897. Biological notes on North-Australian Mammalia. Zoologist 4 1: 189–216; Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 11: 1–129.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Extra Distribution Information

Africa, S Asia, SE Asian islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, S Pacific islands east to New Hebrides.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Madagascar

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal, N Gulf, Lake Eyre basin
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal, Lake Eyre basin
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

• Philippines

Distribution References