Rhinolophus lepidus
E. Blyth, 1844
Blyth'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
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
J. Asiat, Soc. Bengal, 13: 486.
Original name as described
Rhinolophus lepidus
Type locality
"probably in the vicinity of Calcutta," West Bengal, India.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya · Palearctic
Country distribution
Uzbekistan · Kyrgyzstan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan? · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China · Thailand · Cambodia · Vietnam
Taxonomy notes
previously included R. refulgens
Taxonomy notes citation
Soisook, P., Karapan, S., Srikrachang, M., Dejtaradol, A., Nualcharoen, K., Bumrungsri, S., ... & Buś, M. M. (2016). Hill forest dweller: a new cryptic species of Rhinolophus in the'pusillus group'(Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Thailand and Lao PDR. Acta Chiropterologica, 18(1), 117-139.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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