Rhinolophus morio
J. E. Gray, 1842
Malaysian Woolly Horseshoe Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Rhinolophoidea |
| Family | : Rhinolophidae |
| Genus | : Rhinolophus |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324281Original name as described
Rhinolophus Morio
Other common names
Jester's Horseshoe Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1840.5.14.36
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/129c5f6e-9e2a-40be-96e8-5bde9e4511a6Type locality
"Malacca, Singapore."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore?
Taxonomy notes
split from 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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