Rhinolophus malayanus

Bonhote, 1903

Malayan Horseshoe Bat

Close-up, Field Cat. No. 980119.4
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Location:Laos, Khammouane province, Ban Gnommalat, 17°36'N 105°10'EDate taken:Jan 19, 1998Description:Close-up, Field Cat. No. 980119.4

Distribution :

Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1465

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bonhote, J.L.J. 1903. Report on the mammals. Pp. 1–45 in Annandale, N. and Robinson, H.C. (eds.). Fasciculi Malayenses. Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901-1902. Zoology. Part I. The University Press of Liverpool, Liverpool.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56338932

Original name as described

Rhinolophus malayanus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.6.83

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/970e3413-6b83-4cfb-a5ad-d37c63427dff

Type locality

"Biserat, Jalor, " Thailand.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Cambodia · China · Laos · Malaysia · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004709

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Rhinolophus malayanus

Bonhote, 1903

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

malayanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.6.83

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Biserat, Jalor

Type locality

Thailand.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/970e3413-6b83-4cfb-a5ad-d37c63427dff

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56338932

Authority publication

Liverpool

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Gyldenstolpe (1916:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
Chasen (1940:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
McFarlane & Blood (1986:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45449978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35683)
Corbet & Hill (1991:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19551/21978424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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