Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield 1823

Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield 1823, Zool. Res. Java, Vol. 6: pl. figs. a, b.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Java.

Vernacular Names: Intermediate Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. affinis Horsfield 1823

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. andamanensis Dobson 1872

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. hainanus Allen 1906

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. himalayanus K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. macrurus K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. nesites K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. princes K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. superans K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus affinis subsp. tener K. Andersen 1905

Distribution: India and Nepal to S China and Vietnam, through Malaysia to Borneo and Lesser Sunda Isls; Andaman Isls (India); perhaps Sri Lanka. Reports of this species from Cambodia cannot be confirmed (Kock, 2000 a).

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

Discussion: megaphyllus species group. Includes andamanensis; see Sinha (1973). Reviewed in part by Bergmans and van Bree (1986) and Bates and Harrison (1997). Csorba (2002) designated a lectotype for this species; also see Csorba et al. (2003).