Rhinolophus luctus

Temminck, 1834

Great 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tijdschrift Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol., vol. 1, 23

Original name as described

Rhinolophus luctus

Other common names

Typical Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35175.a, RMNH.MAM.35175.b

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tapos, Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia · Palearctic

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. perniger (formerly known as R. lanosus), R. morio, populations now attributed to R. luctoides, and R. foetidus

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. · Volleth, M., Son, N. T., Wu, Y., Li, Y., Yu, W., Lin, L. K., ... & Harada, M. (2017). Comparative Chromosomal Studies in Rhinolophus formosae and R. luctus from China and Vietnam: Elevation of R. l. lanosus to Species Rank. Acta Chiropterologica, 19(1), 41-50. · Volleth, M., Khan, F. A., Müller, S., Baker, R. J., Arenas-Viveros, D., Stevens, R. D., ... & Sotero-Caio, C. G. (2021). Cytogenetic investigations in Bornean Rhinolophoidea revealed cryptic diversity in Rhinolophus sedulus entailing classification of Peninsular Malaysia specimens as a new species. Acta Chiropterologica, 23(1), 1-20.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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