Rhinonicteris aurantia

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinonycteridae
Genus: Rhinonicteris
Species: Rhinonicteris aurantia

Name

Rhinonicteris aurantia (Gray, 1845)

• Holotype:
• Type locality: “Port Essington”, Northern Territory, Australia.

Combinations

• Rhinolophus aurantius Gray, 1845 : 405 [original combination]
• Rhinonicteris aurantius: Gray, 1847 : 16 [name combination]
• Rhinonycteris aurantius: Gray, 1866 : 81 [name combination; unjustified emendation]

References

Primary references

• Gray J.E. 1845. Description of some new Australian animals. pp. 405–411, in Eyre, E.J. (ed.) Journal of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George Sound, in the years 1840–1841, sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government: including an account of the manners and customs of the aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans. T. & W. Boone, London. Volume 1. Reference page. 
• Gray J.E. 1847b. Characters of Six new Genera of Bats not hitherto distinguished. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part XV: 14–16. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray J.E. 1866. A revision of the genera of Rhinolophidae, or horseshoe bats. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 81–83. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Armstrong, K.N. 2002. Morphometric divergence among populations of Rhinonicteris aurantius (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in northern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 50(6): 649–669. DOI: 10.1071/ZO02020
• Armstrong, K.N. 2006a. Resolving the correct nomenclature of the orange leaf-nosed bat Rhinonicteris aurantia (Gray, 1845) (Hipposideridae). Australian Mammalogy 28(1): 125–130. DOI: 10.1071/AM06020
• Armstrong, K.N. 2006b. Phylogeographic structure in Rhinonicteris aurantia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae): implications for conservation. Acta Chiropterologica 8(1): 63–81. DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[63:PSIRAC]2.0.CO;2
• Armstrong, K.N. & Coles, R.B. 2007. Echolocation call frequency differences between geographic isolates of Rhinonicteris aurantia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae): Implications of nasal chamber size. Journal of Mammalogy 88(1): 94–104. DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-115R1.1

Links

• Rhinonicteris aurantia 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.
• IUCN: Rhinonicteris aurantia  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Orange Diamond-faced Bat, Orange Leaf-nosed Bat