Rhinolophus macrotis

E. Blyth, 1844

Big-eared 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: 485.

Original name as described

Rhinolophus macrotis

Other common names

Great-eared Horseshoe Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.416, ZSI 15568

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b3ac4800-9f15-4c0e-bad1-cb71cddfab23

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Malaysia · Indonesia · Philippines

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. episcopus and R. hirsutus

Taxonomy notes citation

Francis, C. M. (2008). A field guide to the mammals of South-East Asia. London, New Holland Publishers. · Tu, V. T., Hassanin, A., Görföl, T., Arai, S., Fukui, D., Thanh, H. T., ... & Csorba, G. (2017). Integrative taxonomy of the Rhinolophus macrotis complex (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) in Vietnam and nearby regions. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 55(3), 177-198. · Liu, T., Sun, K., Csorba, G., Zhang, K., Zhang, L., Zhao, H., ... & Feng, J. (2019). Species delimitation and evolutionary reconstruction within an integrative taxonomic framework: A case study on Rhinolophus macrotis complex (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 139, 106544.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004706

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Rhinolophus macrotis

E. Blyth, 1844

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.416, ZSI 15568

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b3ac4800-9f15-4c0e-bad1-cb71cddfab23

Authority page

468

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19550/21978583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus macrotis dohrni

Andersen, 1907

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

dohrni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.1.22, MSNG (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/67f59fa7-143a-4e97-a7c5-57be5e855f14

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7931465

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus macrotis topali

Csorba & P. J. J. Bates, 1995

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

topali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

HZM 5.16522

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

286

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus macrotis topalius

Csorba & P. J. J. Bates, 2016

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

topalius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

HZM 5.16522

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici

Rhinolophus macrotis macrotis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolphus Macrotis

Hodgson, 1844

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405521

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

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