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FAMILY Hipposideridae

Author:Lydekker, 1891.
Citation:In Flower and Lydekker, Mamm., Living and Extinct: 657.
Comments:Treated as a subfamily of Rhinolophidae by Koopman (1993, 1994), McKenna and Bell (1997), Simmons (1998), Simmons and Geisler (1998), and Teeling et al. (2002), but returned to family rank here following Corbet and Hill (1992), Bates and Harrison (1997), Bogdanowicz and Owen (1998), Hand and Kirsch (1998), and numerous other authors. McKenna and Bell (1997) used the name Rhinonycterinae Gray, 1866 for this group, but this has not been accepted by other authors. Although Rhinonycteridae (= Rhinonycterina Gray, 1866) has prioriy over Hipposideridae as a family-group name, nobody other than Gray (1866) used the former name until it was resurrected by McKenna and Bell (1997). Miller (1907) used the name Hipposideridae for this group because Hipposideros Gray, 1831 has priority over Rhinonycteris Gray, 1866 (= Rhinonicteris Gray, 1847). All subsequent authors have followed Miller's (1907) usage of Hipposideridae/inae, and I believe that there is little to be gained by replacing it with an unknown name. I therefore retain Hipposideridae for this group pending action by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. McKenna and Bell (1997) proposed a tribal classification for hipposiderids (which they treated as a subfamily), but many of the groups they defined have subsequently been shown to be paraphyletic (Bogdanowicz and Owen, 1998; Hand and Kirsch, 1998); accordingly, I do not recognize subfamilies or tribes within Hipposideridae at this time.
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Offspring:

GENUS Anthops

SPECIES ornatus

GENUS Asellia

SPECIES patrizii

SPECIES tridens

SUBSPECIES tridens

SUBSPECIES diluta

SUBSPECIES italosomalica

SUBSPECIES murraiana

GENUS Aselliscus

SPECIES stoliczkanus

SPECIES tricuspidatus

SUBSPECIES tricuspidatus

SUBSPECIES koopmani

SUBSPECIES novaeguinae

SUBSPECIES novehebridensis

GENUS Cloeotis

SPECIES percivali

SUBSPECIES percivali

SUBSPECIES australis

GENUS Coelops

SPECIES frithii

SUBSPECIES frithii

SUBSPECIES bernsteini

SUBSPECIES formosanus

SUBSPECIES inflatus

SUBSPECIES sinicus

SPECIES robinsoni

SUBSPECIES robinsoni

SUBSPECIES hirsutus

GENUS Hipposideros

SPECIES abae

SPECIES armiger

SUBSPECIES armiger

SUBSPECIES fujianensis

SUBSPECIES terasensis

SUBSPECIES tranninhensis

SPECIES ater

SUBSPECIES ater

SUBSPECIES amboinensis

SUBSPECIES antricola

SUBSPECIES aruensis

SUBSPECIES gilberti

SUBSPECIES nicobarulae

SUBSPECIES saevus

SPECIES beatus

SUBSPECIES beatus

SUBSPECIES maximus

SPECIES bicolor

SUBSPECIES bicolor

SUBSPECIES atrox

SUBSPECIES erigens

SUBSPECIES hilli

SUBSPECIES major

SUBSPECIES selatan

SUBSPECIES tanimbarensis

SPECIES breviceps

SPECIES caffer

SUBSPECIES caffer

SUBSPECIES angolensis

SUBSPECIES nanus

SUBSPECIES tephrus

SPECIES calcaratus

SUBSPECIES calcaratus

SUBSPECIES cupidus

SPECIES camerunensis

SPECIES cervinus

SUBSPECIES cervinus

SUBSPECIES batchianus

SUBSPECIES labuanensis

SUBSPECIES misoriensis

SPECIES cineraceus

SUBSPECIES cineraceus

SUBSPECIES wrighti

SPECIES commersoni

SPECIES coronatus

SPECIES corynophyllus

SPECIES coxi

SPECIES crumeniferus

SPECIES curtus

SPECIES cyclops

SPECIES demissus

SPECIES diadema

SUBSPECIES diadema

SUBSPECIES ceramensis

SUBSPECIES custos

SUBSPECIES enganus

SUBSPECIES euotis

SUBSPECIES griseus

SUBSPECIES masoni

SUBSPECIES mirandus

SUBSPECIES natunensis

SUBSPECIES nicobarensis

SUBSPECIES nobilis

SUBSPECIES oceanitis

SUBSPECIES reginae

SUBSPECIES speculator

SUBSPECIES trobrius

SPECIES dinops

SPECIES doriae

SPECIES durgadasi

SPECIES dyacorum

SPECIES edwardshilli

SPECIES fuliginosus

SPECIES fulvus

SUBSPECIES fulvus

SUBSPECIES pallidus

SPECIES galeritus

SUBSPECIES galeritus

SUBSPECIES brachyotis

SUBSPECIES insolens

SUBSPECIES longicauda

SPECIES gigas

SPECIES grandis

SPECIES halophyllus

SPECIES hypophyllus

SPECIES inexpectatus

SPECIES inornatus

SPECIES jonesi

SPECIES lamottei

SPECIES lankadiva

SPECIES larvatus

SUBSPECIES larvatus

SUBSPECIES barbensis

SUBSPECIES leptophyllus

SUBSPECIES neglectus

SUBSPECIES poutensis

SPECIES lekaguli

SPECIES lylei

SPECIES macrobullatus

SPECIES madurae

SUBSPECIES madurae

SUBSPECIES jenningsi

SPECIES maggietaylorae

SUBSPECIES maggietaylorae

SUBSPECIES erroris

SPECIES marisae

SPECIES megalotis

SPECIES muscinus

SPECIES nequam

SPECIES obscurus

SPECIES orbiculus

SPECIES papua

SPECIES pelingensis

SPECIES pomona

SUBSPECIES pomona

SUBSPECIES gentiles

SUBSPECIES sinensis

SPECIES pratti

SPECIES pygmaeus

SPECIES ridleyi

SPECIES rotalis

SPECIES ruber

SUBSPECIES ruber

SUBSPECIES guineensis

SPECIES scutinares

SPECIES semoni

SPECIES sorenseni

SPECIES speoris

SPECIES stenotis

SPECIES sumbae

SUBSPECIES sumbae

SUBSPECIES rotiensis

SUBSPECIES sumbawae

SPECIES thomensis

SPECIES turpis

SUBSPECIES turpis

SUBSPECIES alongensis

SUBSPECIES pendleburyi

SPECIES vittatus

SPECIES wollastoni

SUBSPECIES wollastoni

SUBSPECIES fasensis

SUBSPECIES parnabyi

GENUS Paracoelops

SPECIES megalotis

GENUS Rhinonicteris

SPECIES aurantia

GENUS Triaenops

SPECIES auritus

SPECIES furculus

SPECIES persicus

SUBSPECIES persicus

SUBSPECIES afer

SUBSPECIES majusculus

SPECIES rufus

Synonyms:

    Coelopsinae Tate, 1941

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