Rhinolophus beddomei K. Andersen 1905

Rhinolophus beddomei K. Andersen 1905, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 16: 253.

Type Locality: India, Madras [= Kerala], Wynaad.

Vernacular Names: Bedomme's Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Rhinolophus beddomei subsp. beddomei K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus beddomei subsp. sobrinus K. Andersen 1918

Distribution: S India, Sri Lanka.

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

Discussion: trifoliatus species group. Distinct from luctus; see Topál and Csorba (1992), Bates and Harrison (1997), and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 a).