Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth 1844

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Rhinolophidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 350-365 : 358

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Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth 1844 View in CoL

Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth 1844 View in CoL , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 13: 485.

Type Locality: Nepal.

Vernacular Names: Big-eared Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rhinolophus macrotis subsp. macrotis Blyth 1844

Subspecies Rhinolophus macrotis subsp. caldwelli Allen 1923

Subspecies Rhinolophus macrotis subsp. dohrni K. Andersen 1907

Subspecies Rhinolophus macrotis subsp. episcopus Allen 1923

Subspecies Rhinolophus macrotis subsp. hirsutus K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus macrotis subsp. topali Csorba and Bates 1995

Distribution: Pakistan, N India, Nepal to S China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Peninsualr Malaysia; Sumatra ( Indonesia); Philippines.

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

Discussion: philippinensis species group. Includes episcopus and hirsutus; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Tate (1943), Corbet and Hill (1992), and Bates and Harrison (1997), but also see Ingle and Heaney (1992), who suggested that hirsutus may deserve recognition as a distinct species. Does not include siamensis , see Francis et al. (1999 b) and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 b).

References

Andersen, K. 1907. On Pterocyon, Rousettus and Myonycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History., ser. 7, 19: 501 - 515.

Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.

Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.

Francis, C. M., A. Guillen, and M. F. Robinson. 1999 b. Order Chiroptera; bats. Pp. 225 - 235, in Wildlife in Lao PDR; 1999 status report (J. W. Duckorth, R. E. Salter, and K. Khounbline, eds.). I. U. C. N. -- The World Conservation Union / Wildlife Conservation Society / Centre for Protected Areas and Watershed Management Areas. Vientiane, 275 pp.

Hendrichsen, D. K., P. J. J. Bates, B. D. Hayes, and J. L. Walston. 2001 b. Recent records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Vietnam with six species new to the country. Myotis, 39: 35 - 122.

Ingle, N. R., and L. R. Heaney. 1992. A key to the bats of the Philippine Islands. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 69: 1 - 44.

Tate, G. H. H. 1943. Further notes on the Rhinolophus philippinensis group (Chiroptera). American Museum Novitates, 1219: 1 - 5.