Rhinolophus bocharicus Kastchenko and Akimov 1917

Rhinolophus bocharicus Kastchenko and Akimov 1917, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. St. Petersbourg, 22: 221.

Type Locality: Turkmenistan, Murgab River.

Vernacular Names: Central Asian Horseshoe Bat.

Distribution: Kyrgyzstan, W Tajikistan, NE Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, possibly N Pakistan.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: ferrumequinum species group. Included in clivosus by Aellen (1959), but see Hanák (1969), Felten (1977), DeBlase (1980), Gromov and Baranova (1981), Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987), and Horácek et al. (2000). Apparently does not include rubiginosus, which is here placed in ferrumequinum following Csorba et al. (2003).