Rhinolophus luctoides

Volleth, Loidl, F. Mayer, Yong Hoisen, S. Müller, & K.-G. Heller, 2015

Selangor Woolly 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

Volleth, M., Loidl, J., Mayer, F., Yong, H.-S., Müller, S. and Heller, K.-G. 2015-06. Surprising genetic diversity in _Rhinolophus luctus_ (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Peninsular Malaysia: Description of a new species based on genetic and morphological characters. Acta Chiropterologica 17(1):1-20.

Original name as described

Rhinolophus luctoides

Other common names

Luctus-like Horseshoe Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:87483

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"vicinity (5 km north-east, approx. 600 m a.s.l.) of the Ulu Gombak Field Studies Centre (3°19'29"N, 101°45'12"E), Selangor, Malaysia."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attributed to R. luctus

Taxonomy notes citation

Volleth, M., Loidl, J., Mayer, F., Yong, H. S., Müller, S., & Heller, K. G. (2015). Surprising genetic diversity in Rhinolophus luctus (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Peninsular Malaysia: description of a new species based on genetic and morphological characters. Acta Chiropterologica, 17(1), 1-20.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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