Rhinolophus belligerator

Patrick, McCulloch, & Ruedas, 2013

Poso 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

Patrick, L.E., McCulloch, E.S. and Ruedas, L.A. 2013-06. Systematics and biogeography of the arcuate horseshoe bat species complex (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae). Zoologica Scripta 42:553-590.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12026

Original name as described

Rhinolophus belligerator

Other common names

Belligerent Horseshoe Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1987.45

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Permana Cave, near Poso, Sulawesi Tengah Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attributed to R. arcuatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Patrick, L. E., McCulloch, E. S., & Ruedas, L. A. (2013). Systematics and biogeography of the arcuate horseshoe bat species complex (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae). Zoologica Scripta, 42(6), 553-590.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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