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Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield 1823

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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).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Rhinolophidae, pp. 350-365 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 351, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Horsfield
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Rhinolophidae
Genus
Rhinolophus
Species
affinis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Sinha, Y. P. 1973. Taxonomic studies on the Indian horseshoe bats of the genus Rhinolophus Lacepede. Mammalia, 37: 603 - 630.
  • Bergmans, W., and P. J. H. van Bree. 1986. On a collection of bats and rats from the Kangean Islands, Indonesia (Mammalia: Chiroptera and Rodentia). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 51: 329 - 344.
  • Csorba, G. 2002. Remarks on some types of the genus Rhinolophus. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 94: 217 - 226.
  • Csorba, G., P. Ujhelyi, and N. Thomas. 2003. Horseshoe bats of the world. Alana Books, Bishop's Castle, U. K., 160 pp.