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Rhinolophus

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Rhinolophus Lacépède
1825Rhinolophus Gray p. 338
1877Rhinolophus Schlosser p. 64
1968Rhinolophus Kurten p. 51
1979Rhinolophus Topál
1980Rhinolophus Kurten and Anderson
1997Rhinolophus Mein and Ginsburg p. 796
2005Rhinolophus Wilson and Reeder

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyRhinolophoidea
familyRhinolophidaeGray 1825
genusRhinolophusLacépède 1799

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.

G. Rhinolophus Lacépède 1799
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†Rhinolophus blasii Peters 1867
Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar 1828 [Geoffroy's horseshoe bat]
†Rhinolophus contrarius Mein and Pickford 2003
†Rhinolophus csakvarensis Kretzoi 1951
†Rhinolophus dehmi Ziegler 1993
†Rhinolophus delphinensis Gaillard 1899
†Rhinolophus estramontis Topál 1979
†Rhinolophus euryale Blasius 1853
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 [greater horseshoe bat]
†Rhinolophus grivensis Depéret 1892
†Rhinolophus hanaki Woloszyn 1987
Rhinolophus hipposideros Bechstein 1800
†Rhinolophus kowalskii Topál 1979
†Rhinolophus lemanensis Revilloid 1920
†Rhinolophus macrorhinus Topál 1963
†Rhinolophus priscus Revilliod 1920
†Rhinolophus pumilio Revilliod 1920
Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck 1835 [Rufous horseshoe bat]
†Rhinolophus wenzensis Woloszyn 1987
†Rhinolophus yongyuthi Mein and Ginsburg 1997
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: Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Switzerland (Canton Vaud) R. priscus (183105)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) R. sp. (12848)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) R. priscus (12842 12843 12849 12852 31764 31765) R. sp.2 (12841)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03Spain (Cuenca) R. sp. (184097)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Spain (Castile-La Mancha) R. sp. (136269)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France R. delphinensis (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) R. grivensis (37050)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand R. yongyuthi (48126)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) R. dehmi (68040)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany R. delphinensis (46955)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia R. sp. (21855)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) R. grivensis, R. delphinensis (69711)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Granada) R. sp. (26752)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) R. grivensis, R. delphinensis (66943)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria R. grivensis (66945)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) R. grivensis, R. delphinensis (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece R. delphinensis (219100)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) R. sp., R. kowalskii (144566)
MN 137.246 - 4.9France (Rhone) R. delphinensis, R. grivensis (68218)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) R. estramontis (231341) R. postdelphinensis (136067)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) R. sp. (32103)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa R. darlingi (22353) R. darlingi, R. clivosus (22339 22341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Austria (Lower Austria) R. euryale (167717)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) R. sp. (231339)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) R. ferrumequinum (35076)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland R. grivensis, R. kowalskii, R. ferrumequinum (32240)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland R. grivensis, R. delphinensis (33396)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa R. capensis (22333)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland R. neglectus, R. kowalskii (33638)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) R. ferrumequinum (35369 35371)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) R. ferrumequinum, R. euryale (35370)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Poland R. ferrumequinum (32485)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) R. ferrumequinum (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) R. mehelyi (214536)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) R. euryale (40995 40997 40998 41000 41001)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary R. sp., R. ferrumequinum, R. euryale (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) R. mehelyi, R. euryale (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) R. pani, R. affinis, R. rouxi, R. pearsoni, R. macrotis, R. sp. (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) R. sp., R. macrorhinus (35431)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) R. sp. (34872)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Islas Baleares) R. grivensis (36974)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa R. capensis (21915)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel R. ferrum, R. sp., R. euryale, R. blasii, R. hipposideros (225664) R. sp. (39252)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) R. sp., R. ferrumequinum (183123)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa R. hildebrandtii, R. clivosus (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) R. sp. (34870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) R. ferrumequinum, R. euryale (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel R. mehelyi, R. ferrumequinum (192425) R. mehelyi, R. ferrumequinum, R. euryale (192424)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia R. hildebrandti (68341)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) R. ferrumequinum, R. euryale (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary R. ferrumequinum (231342) R. mehelyi, R. ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) R. ferrumequinum (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) R. hipposideros (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) R. ferrumequinum (40808)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic R. sp. (36214)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain R. ferrumequinum, R. euryale (199943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Dodecanese) R. blasii, R. hipposideros (182809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal R. ferrumequinum (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines R. sp. (194834 194835 194836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) R. pearsoni, R. macrotis, R. cornutus, R. ferrumequinum (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) R. sp. (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) R. ferrumequinum (43619)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) R. ferrumequinum (101898 101899)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen R. clivosus (169046 234349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) R. clivosus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Boeotia) R. ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros (203845)