Holotype of Hipposideros curtus

Date Collected:

1920-01-01/1920-12-31

Africa: Cameroon | Sakbayeme

Current Identification
Hipposideros curtus G. M. Allen, 1921
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Hipposideridae
Common Name(s): Short-tailed Leaf-nosed Bat; Short-tailed Roundleaf Bat
Determiner: Glover M. Allenlinked data icon on 1921-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: MCZ Ledger; ID date is date of publication

Media type: text; Allen 1921 Description: A new horseshoe bat from West Africa;

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Shows Publication: Allen 1921 Description: A new horseshoe bat from West Africa

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-01-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2024-01-11   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-01-11

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Cameroon
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000153 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Sakbayeme
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cameroons: Sakbayeme
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Sakbayeme (also Zakbayeme) not found in gazette.
  • Georeference:
  • 4.05371000°, 10.5695850° (Error radius: 8261m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2022-05-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1920-01-01 / 1920-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1920
  • Collector:
  • George W. Schwablinked data icon

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 19301;  19302;  19303;  19304;  19305;  19306;  19307;  19308;  19309;  19310;  19311;  19312;  19313;  19314;  19315;  19316;  19317;  19318;  19319;  19320;  19321;  19322;  19323;  19324;  19325 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 015976-021925, pg.134;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:19301 Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana t...

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