Rhinonicteris
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Rhinonicteris is a genus of leaf-nosed microbats, represented by fossil taxa found at Riverleigh in Queensland and the extant species Rhinonicteris aurantia, which occurs in the north and west of the Australian continent.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Rhinonycteridae
- Collections
- QVMAG, NT
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhinonycteridae
- Image
- Rhinonicteris aurantia.jpg
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- taxon name
- Rhinonicteris
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhinonicteris
- Commons category
- Rhinonicteris
- taxon author citation
- J.E. Gray, 1847
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Rhinonicteris is a genus of leaf-nosed microbats, represented by fossil taxa found at Riverleigh in Queensland and the extant species Rhinonicteris aurantia, which occurs in the north and west of the Australian continent.
The genus was erected by Gray in 1847 to separate the species Rhinonicteris aurantia, nominating it as the type and only species. The genus name published as Rhinonycteris Gray, J.E. 1866 has been regarded as a later correction by Gray, but this has also been determined to be an unjustified emendation.
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