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Rhinolophus clivosus (Geoffroy's horseshoe bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae

Taxonomy
Rhinolophus clivosus was named by Cretzschmar (1828). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. affinis, R. mehelyi, R. pani, R. pearsoni, R. rouxi, R. capensis, R. darlingi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar
2024Rhinolophus clivosus Ramello et al. p. 95 fig. 7C,D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyRhinolophoidea
familyRhinolophidaeGray 1825
genusRhinolophusLacépède 1799
speciesclivosusCretzschmar 1828

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar 1828 [Geoffroy's horseshoe bat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Rhinolophus clivosus (22339 22341)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Rhinolophus clivosus (21949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen Rhinolophus clivosus (169046 234349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Rhinolophus clivosus (21693)