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Doryrhina
''Doryrhina'' is a genus of bats belonging to the family Hipposideridae. The best known species, '' Doryrhina cyclops'', was long placed in the diverse genus ''Hipposideros'', but a 2017 study found that it did not form a monophyletic group with true ''Hipposideros''. Consequently, it was placed in a separate genus, ''Doryrhina''. A second species, '' Doryrhina camerunensis'', has not been studied genetically, but it is generally thought to be related to ''D. cyclops'', so it was also moved to ''Doryrhina''. Both species are restricted to Africa, ranging from Senegal to Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. .... Species: *'' Doryrhina camerunensis'' *'' Doryrhina cyclops'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q105062191 Hipposideridae Bat genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doryrhina Cyclops
The cyclops roundleaf bat or cyclops leaf-nosed bat (''Doryrhina cyclops'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in the forests of equatorial Africa. It is placed in the genus ''Doryrhina'' together with the closely related greater roundleaf bat (''Doryrhina camerunensis''). Description Cyclops roundleaf bats are relatively small, with adults ranging from in total length, including a tail approximately long. With an average weight of , females are significantly larger than males at just . The body is covered in thick woolly fur, which is a dark brown in colour, grizzled with lighter flecks on the tips of the hairs. The wings are very dark brown, almost black, in colour. The ears are long and narrowly pointed. The nose-leaf has a distinctive shape, with a rounded horseshoe shape over the muzzle and a posterior leaf with two projections on each side. Both parts of the leaf also possess small club-like structures projecting from their mid-line. The "cyclops" par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hipposideridae
The Hipposideridae are a family (biology), family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family.Simmons, 2005, p. 365 Nevertheless, it is most closely related to Rhinolophidae within the suborder Yinpterochiroptera. Taxonomy The Hipposideridae contain 10 living genera and more than 70 species, mostly in the widespread genus ''Hipposideros''. In addition, several fossil genera are known; the oldest fossils attributed to the family are from the middle Eocene of Europe. In their 1997 ''Classification of Mammals'', Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell proposed a division of Hipposideridae (called Rhinonycterinae in their work) into three tribe (taxonomy), tribes, one with two subtribes, but these tribes turned out to be non-monophyly, monophyletic and have been abandoned. A different classification was proposed by Hand and Kirsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doryrhina Camerunensis
The greater roundleaf bat (''Doryrhina camerunensis'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kenya. Previously placed in ''Hipposideros'', it was transferred to ''Doryrhina ''Doryrhina'' is a genus of bats belonging to the family Hipposideridae. The best known species, '' Doryrhina cyclops'', was long placed in the diverse genus ''Hipposideros'', but a 2017 study found that it did not form a monophyletic group with ...'' because it is assumed to be closely related to the cyclops roundleaf bat (''Doryrhina cyclops''). References Hipposideridae Mammals described in 1956 Bats of Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Hipposideridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hipposideros
''Hipposideros'' is one of the most diverse genera of bats, with more than 70 species. They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament. It is the type genus of the family Hipposideridae. It is divided into species groups based on morphology. Some species that were previously placed in ''Hipposideros'' are now placed in the related genera '' Doryrhina'' and '' Macronycteris''. Conversely, the genus ''Paracoelops'', which was considered distinct until 2012, is now synonymized with ''Hipposideros'', as the only species turned out to be based on a specimen of '' Hipposideros pomona''. Species ''armiger'' species group * Great roundleaf bat, ''H. armiger'' * Ha Long roundleaf bat, ''H. alongensis'' * Pendlebury's roundleaf bat, ''H. pendlebury'' * Lesser great leaf-nosed bat, ''H. turpis'' ''bicolor'' species group * Dusky leaf-nosed bat, ''H. ater'' * Benito roundleaf bat, ''H. beatus'' * Bicolored roundleaf bat, ''H. bicolor'' *''Hipposideros br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Berlin Zoological Museum. Encouraged by Müller and the explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Peters travelled to Mozambique via Angola in September 1842, exploring the coastal region and the Zambesi River. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens, which he then described in ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt'' (1852–1882). The work was comprehensive in its coverage, dealing with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, river fish, insects and botany. He replaced Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he greatly increased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monophyly
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population), i.e. excludes non-descendants of that common ancestor # the grouping contains all the descendants of that common ancestor, without exception Monophyly is contrasted with paraphyly and polyphyly as shown in the second diagram. A ''paraphyletic'' grouping meets 1. but not 2., thus consisting of the descendants of a common ancestor, excepting one or more monophyletic subgroups. A ''polyphyletic'' grouping meets neither criterion, and instead serves to characterize convergent relationships of biological features rather than genetic relationships – for example, night-active primates, fruit trees, or aquatic insects. As such, these characteristic features of a polyphyletic grouping are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea to Guinea–Senegal border, the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. It also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's capital is Dakar. Senegal is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north. The climate is typically Sahelian, though there is a wet season, rainy season. Senegal covers a land area of almost and has a population of around 18 million. The state is a Presidential system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. Its second-largest and oldest city is Mombasa, a major port city located on Mombasa Island. Other major cities within the country include Kisumu, Nakuru & Eldoret. Going clockwise, Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest (though much of that border includes the disputed Ilemi Triangle), Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west. Kenya's geography, climate and population vary widely. In western, rift valley counties, the landscape includes cold, snow-capped mountaintops (such as Batian, Nelion and Point Lenana on Mount Kenya) with vast surrounding forests, wildlife and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
