Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Hr. Peters legte von seinem Werke über Mossambique die erste Abtheilung der Säugethiere vor, und gab die Diagnosen der darin beschriebenen und abgebildeten neuen Arten. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:756-759.
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Original name as described: Phyllorrhina (Hipposideros) vittata
Nominal names: vittata (W. C. H. Peters, 1851) | marungensis (Noack, 1887) | mostellum (O. Thomas, 1904)
Other common names: Striped Leaf-nosed Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Hipposideridae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 363, ZMB 37150
Type locality: Ibo Island, Cap Delgado Province, Mozambique.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Sierra Leone (SLE) | Cote d'Ivoire | Nigeria (NGA) | Central African Republic (CAF) | Ethiopia (ETH) | Somalia (SOM) | Kenya (KEN) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Tanzania (TZA) | Angola (AGO) | Zambia (ZMB) | Malawi (MWI) | Namibia (NAM) | Botswana (BWA) | Zimbabwe (ZWE) | Mozambique (MOZ) | South Africa (ZAF)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: moved from Hipposideros to Macronycteris
Citation: Foley, N. M., Goodman, S. M., Whelan, C. V., Puechmaille, S. J., & Teeling, E. (2017). Towards Navigating the Minotaur's Labyrinth: Cryptic Diversity and Taxonomic Revision within the Speciose Genus Hipposideros (Hipposideridae). Acta Chiropterologica, 19(1), 1-18.
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