Authority citation: Gray, J.E. 1845. Description of some new Australian animals. Pp. 405–411 in Eyre, E.J. (eds.). Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the Years 1840–1. Vol. I. T. and W. Boone, London, 448 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53712820
Original name as described: Rhinolophus aurantius
Nominal names: aurantia (J. E. Gray, 1845)
Other common names: Golden Horseshoe Bat|Orange Horseshoe Bat|Orange Leaf-nosed Bat|Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Rhinonycteridae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1845.5.13.3
Type locality: "Port Essington, near the Hospital," Northern Territory, Australia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Australia (AUS)
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: Least concern
Species-specific notes: moved from Hipposideridae to Rhinonycteridae
Citation: Foley, N. M., Thong, V. D., Soisook, P., Goodman, S. M., Armstrong, K. N., Jacobs, D. S., ... & Teeling, E. C. (2015). How and why overcome the impediments to resolution: lessons from rhinolophid and hipposiderid bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(2), 313-333.
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