Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin
Author
Turni, Hendrik
Author
Kock, Dieter
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Zootaxa
2008
2008-09-03
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1869.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1
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Rhinolophus rufus
Peters, 1861
Peters, W. C. H. (1861) Über die von Hrn. F. Jagor bisher auf
Malacca
, Borneo, Java und den
Philippinen
gesammelten Säugethiere aus den Ordnungen der Halbaffen, Pelzflatterer und Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861: 710 [706–713].
Valid name:
Rhinolophus subrufus
Andersen, 1905
Holotype
:
ZMB 2532
, body in alcohol, skull extracted, male; Paracali, Luzon,
Philippines
; collected by
F. Jagor
, between 1857 and 1861.
?
Paratype
:
ZMB 2271
, skin;
Philippines
; donated by
Gray
, ex
BMNH, sub
Rhinolophus euryotis
.
Comment:
Andersen (1905: 284)
pointed out that the species name “
rufus
” is preoccupied by
Rhinolophus luctus
var.
rufus
[
or rufa
]
Eydoux & Gervais, 1836
. Peters knew the description of
Eydoux & Gervais (1836)
, but believed the name “
rufus
” to be available in the genus
Rhinolophus
since these authors described only a variety.
Andersen (1905)
described
Rhinolophus subrufus
as new on the basis of a specimen from
Manila
(Luzon,
Philippines
) assuming that this was the same species described by Peters 1861 as
Rhinolophus rufus
.
Lawrence (1939: 46)
proved that “
var. rufa
” of Eydoux & Gervais is morphologically clearly distinguishable both from
Rhinolophus luctus
Temminck, 1835
and from Andersen’s
subrufus
and must be regarded as separate species. Lawrence does not mention Peters’
rufus
.
During the present investigation
two specimens
have been examined: The
holotype
ZMB 2532 and a further specimen ZMB 2271 from the
Philippines
. ZMB 2271 was considered by Peters as
Rhinolophus rufus
, since he corrected the former catalogue entry (“
Rhinolophus euryotis
Temm
”) and marked it with a type asterisk. This correction may have taken place after Peters´ publication (1861), therefore it is uncertain whether it really represents a
paratype
.