Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
vrápenec japonský
Common Names in English:
Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 888 meters (0 to 2,913 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
1.4
Forest
- Temperate
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yinochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Rhinolophoidea
()
- (Gray, 1825) Weber, 1928
- Family:
Rhinolophidae
()
- (Gray, 1825) Bell, 1836
- Subfamily:
Rhinolophinae
()
- Genus:
Rhinolophus
()
- Lacépède, 1799
- Specific name:
cornutus
- Temminck, 1835
- Scientific name: - Rhinolophus cornutus Temminck, 1835
- Specific name:
cornutus
- Temminck, 1835
- Genus:
Rhinolophus
(
- Subfamily:
Rhinolophinae
(
- Family:
Rhinolophidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhinolophoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yinochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Rhinolophus cornutus Temminck 1834
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Temminck, C.J., and H. Schlegel. Vol.
III Reptilia.
xxii + 144 p., 27 pls. In: P.F. Von Siebold, Fauna
Japonica sive
Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japonianum, jussu et auspiciis
superiorum, qui summum in India Batava Imperium tenent, suscepto,
annis 1823-1830 colleget, notis J.G. Lalau, Leiden [1838]. [Though
the title page bears the date 1838, Volume III was issued in several
parts, each with consecutively numbered pages and separately numbered
plates
. According to Stejneger 1907, Herpet. Japan. Bull
. U.S. Natl.
Mus. Washing
, 1835.
Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhinolophus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 85 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. acuminatus (Accuminate Horseshoe Bat) · R. adami (Adam's Horseshoe Bat) · R. affinis (Intermediate Horseshoe Bat) · R. alcyone (Halcyon Horseshoe Bat) · R. anderseni (Andersen's Horseshoe Bat) · R. arcuatus (Arcuate Horseshoe Bat) · R. beddomei (Beddome's Horseshoe Bat) · R. blasii (BLASIUS' HORSESHOE BAT) · R. bocharicus (Bokhara Horseshoe Bat) · R. borneensis (Bornean Horseshoe Bat) · R. canuti (Canut's Horseshoe Bat) · R. capensis (Cape Horseshoe Bat) · R. celebensis (Sulawesi Horseshoe Bat) · R. clivosus (Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat) · R. coelophyllus (Croslet Horseshoe Bat) · R. cognatus (Andaman Horseshoe Bat) · R. convexus (Convex Horseshoe Bat) · R. cornutus (Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat) · R. cornutus cornutus (Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat) · R. creaghi (Creagh's Horseshoe Bat) · R. darlingi (Darling's Horseshoe Bat) · R. deckenii (Decken's Horseshoe Bat) · R. denti (Dent's Horseshoe Bat) · R. eloquens (Eloquent Horseshoe Bat) · R. euryale (Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat) · R. euryotis (New Guinea Horseshoe Bat) · R. ferrumequinum (Greater Horseshoe Bat) · R. formosae (Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat) · R. fumigatus (Rueppell's Horseshoe Bat) · R. guineensis (Guinean Horseshoe Bat) · R. hildebrandti (Hildebrandt's Horseshoe Bat) · R. hilli (Hill's Horseshoe Bat) · R. hillorum (Upland Horseshoe Bat) · R. hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. hipposideros hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. imaizumii (Imaizumi's Horseshoe Bat) · R. inops (Philippine Forest Horseshoe Bat) · R. keyensis (Kai Horseshoe Bat) · R. landeri (Lander's Horseshoe Bat) · R. lepidus (Blyth's Horseshoe Bat) · R. luctus (Great Woolly Horsehoe Bat) · R. maclaudi (Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat) · R. macrotis (Big-Eared Horseshoe Bat) · R. madurensis (Madura Horseshoe Bat) · R. maendeleo (Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat) · R. malayanus (North Malayan Horseshoe Bat) · R. marshalli (Marshall's Horseshoe Bat) · R. megaphyllus (Eastern Horseshoe Bat) · R. megaphyllus megaphyllus (Smaller Horseshoe Bat) · R. mehelyi (Mehely's Horseshoe Bat) · R. mehelyi mehelyi (Mehely's Horseshoe Bat) · R. mitratus (Mitred Horseshow Bat) · R. monoceros (Formosan Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. montanus (Timorese Horseshoe Bat) · R. nereis (Anamban Horseshoe Bat) · R. osgoodi (Osgood's Horseshoe Bat) · R. paradoxolophus (Bourret's Horseshoe Bat) · R. pearsoni (Pearson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. pearsonii (Horseshoe Bats) · R. philippinensis (Philippines Horseshoe Bat) · R. pusillus (Least Horseshoe Bat) · R. rex (King Horseshoe Bat) · R. robinsoni (Robinson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. rouxi (Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. rouxii (Horseshoe Bats) · R. rufus (Large Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. ruwenzorii (Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat) · R. sakejiensis (Sakeji Horseshoe Bat) · R. sedulus (Lesser Wooly Horseshoe Bat) · R. shameli (Shamel's Horseshoe Bat) · R. shortridgei (Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat) · R. siamensis (Thai Horseshoe Bat) · R. silvestris (Forest Horseshoe Bat) · R. simplex (Lombok Horseshoe Bat) · R. simulator (Bushveld Horseshoe Bat) · R. sinicus (Chinese Horseshoe Bat) · R. stheno (Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat) · R. subbadius (Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat) · R. subrufus (Small Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. swinnyi (Swinny's Horseshoe Bat) · R. thomasi (Thomas's Horseshoe Bat) · R. trifoliatus (Trefoil Horseshoe Bat) · R. virgo (Yellow-Faced Horseshoe Bat) · R. yunanensis (Dobson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. ziama (Ziama Horseshoe Bat)
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Further Reading
- Brigham Young University science bulletin. 15 1971 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 216.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url , p. 131.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 32, p. 32.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. url p. 117.
- Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences. Edinburgh [etc.]: Published for the proprietor [etc.], 1835-1840. url p. 36.
- Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 279.
- Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 162, p. 270.
- Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 22.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 59, p. 59.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Field Museum, Mammal specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104275
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631422
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13791649
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631422
- IUCN ID: 19534
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10735
Footnotes
- Mean = -1,010.400 meters (-3,314.961 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,215.500 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
