Genus Rhinonicteris J.E. Gray, 1847
- Rhinonicteris Gray, J.E. 1847. Characters of six new genera of bats not hitherto distinguished. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847: 14-16 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [438]] [16].
Type species:
Rhinolophus aurantius Gray, 1845 by original designation (as Rh. aurantius). - Rhinonycteris 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]] [81] [unjustified emendation of Rhinonicteris Gray, 1847 though Hill, J.E. 1982. A review of the leaf-nosed bats Rhinonycteris, Cloeotis and Triaenops (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 33: 165–186 [167] considers it a correction of a previous misspelling (contrary to Article 32 c(ii) of ICZN)].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau
Note
An undescribed subspecies as 'Rhinonicteris aurantius subsp. Pilbara populations' is listed by Clayton et al. (2006) from the Pilbara Region, WA.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Dec-2022 | CHIROPTERA | 12-Dec-2022 | MOVED | |
31-Mar-2015 | 31-Mar-2015 | MOVED | ||
04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |