Hipposideros caffer

Hipposideros caffer

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 Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species: Hipposideros caffer
Subspecies: H. c. caffer – H. c. angolensis – H. c. nanus – H. c. tephrus

Name

Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846)

Type locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province

Synonymy

• Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846)
• Rhinolophus caffer Sundevall, 1846: 118 [Protonym]

Distribution

Arabian Peninsula; subsaharan Africa; Zanzibar and Pemba.

References

Primary references

• Sundevall, C. 1846. Nya Mammalia från Sydafrika. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens förhandlingar 3(5): 118–121. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wright, G.S. 2009: Hipposideros caffer (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Mammalian species, (845) DOI: 10.1644/845.1

Links

• Hipposideros caffer in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Sundevall-bladneusvlermuis
Deutsch: Kleine Blattnase
English: Sundevall's Leaf-nosed Bat

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