Rhinolophus rouxii

Temminck, 1835

Indian Rufous 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

Temminck, C.J. 1835. Livraison 1. Pp. 1–48 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog

Original name as described

Rhinolophus rouxii

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35221.a, RMNH.MAM.35221.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35221.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35221.b

Type locality

"continent de l'India … Pondichery [= Puducherry] et à Calcutta."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Myanmar · China?

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described indorouxii; indorouxii likely represents a distinct species, although this needs to be proven with morphological and genetic data rather than just echolocation data; a new valid name would also need to be described for the indorouxii taxon since the paper that first used indorouxii did not include a full description, holotype, and type locality designation

Taxonomy notes citation

Chattopadhyay, B., Garg, K. M., AK, V. K., Ramakrishnan, U., & Kandula, S. (2012). Sibling species in South Indian populations of the rufous horse-shoe bat Rhinolophus rouxii. Conservation Genetics, 13(6), 1435-1445.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004735

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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