Phyllorhina gracilis Peters, 1852
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787D2-8923-FF87-FF06-8B24C330FD51 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Phyllorhina gracilis Peters, 1852 |
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Phyllorhina gracilis Peters, 1852
Peters, W.C.H. (1852) Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique, auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Berlin, p. 36.
Valid name: Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846)
Holotype: ZMB 364 View Materials , skin and skull and ZMB 85624 (old number = An 16311), skeleton, male; Tete, Mozambique; collected by W.C.H. Peters, between 1843 and 1847.
Comment: To verify the valid use of the name Hipposideros caffer for P. gracilis Peters, 1852 , we remeasured ZMB 364: forearm length = 43mm, C-M 3 = 6.1mm, Condylo-canine-length = 15.3mm, max. skull length = 17.8mm.
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Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections) |
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