Hypsignathus monstrosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera
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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861: 157

Holotype: ANSP 969/2771, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Du Chaillu.
Type locality: “Western Africa”, restricted to “Gaboon” by Andersen (1912: 508).

Sphyrocephalus labrosus Murray, 1862: 8
- Holotype: BMNH 1862.1.23.1, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, donated by Reverend William C. Thomson.
- Type locality: “Old Calabar [=Nigeria]”.

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Allen, H. 1861. Description of new Pteropine Bats from Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 156–160. BHL Reference page.
Murray, A. 1862. Description of Sphyrocephalus labrosus, A New Bat from Old Calabar River, Western Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 8–12. BHL Reference page.
Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Volume I: Megachiroptera. British Museum (Natural History). BHL Reference page.

Tanshi, I. 2016. IUCN: Hypsignathus monstrosus (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T10734A115098825. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10734A21999919.en. Accessed on 09 July 2023.

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English: Hammer-headed Fruit Bat
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