Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield 1851

Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield 1851, Cat. Mamm. Mus. E. India Co.: 33.

Type Locality: India, W Bengal, Darjeeling.

Vernacular Names: Pearson's Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Rhinolophus pearsonii subsp. pearsonii Horsfield 1851

Subspecies Rhinolophus pearsonii subsp. chinensis K. Andersen 1905

Distribution: N India; Nepal; Bhutan; Burma; Tibet, Szechwan, Anhwei, and Fukien (China) to Vietnam; Laos; Thailand; Peninsular Malaysia.

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

Discussion: pearsonii species group. Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997). Subspecies are of questionable validity (Corbet and Hill, 1992). Sometimes spelled pearsoni (e.g., Koopman, 1993).