Rhinolophus andamanensis
Dobson, 1872
Homfray's Horseshoe Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Rhinolophoidea |
| Family | : Rhinolophidae |
| Genus | : Rhinolophus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Dobson, G.E. 1872. Brief descriptions of five new species of rhinolophine bats. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 41(2):336-338.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37138053Original name as described
Rhinolophus Andamanensis
Other common names
Andaman Intermediate Horseshoe Bat
Type material
ZSI 15561
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Andaman Islands," India.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Taxonomy notes
split from R. affinis
Taxonomy notes citation
Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, A., Srinivasulu, B., & Jones, G. (2019). Integrated approaches to identifying cryptic bat species in areas of high endemism: The case of Rhinolophus andamanensis in the Andaman Islands. PloS one, 14(10), e0213562.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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