Rhinolophus pearsonii

Horsfield, 1851

Pearson's Horseshoe Bat

Close-up of face, Field Cat. No. 970524.41
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Location:Laos, Champassak province, Dong Hua Sao National Park, 15°3'N 106°6'EDate taken:24 May 1997Description:Close-up of face, Field Cat. No. 970524.41

Distribution :

N India; Nepal; Bhutan; Burma; Tibet, Szechwan, Anhwei, and Fukien (China) to Vietnam; Laos; Thailand; Peninsular Malaysia

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1468

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

Horsfield, T. 1851. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. J. & H. Cox, London, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832311

Original name as described

Rhinolophus pearsonii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aa5395e9-308a-496f-860f-ce3082a1ef8d

Type locality

"Darjeeling, " West Bengal, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Bhutan · Cambodia · China · India · Laos · Myanmar · Nepal · Thailand · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004724

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.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Rhinolophus pearsonii

Horsfield, 1851

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

pearsonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.56

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Darjiling

Type locality

India: West Bengal.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aa5395e9-308a-496f-860f-ce3082a1ef8d

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832311

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1853:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
Allen (1938:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
Pen, Kao, Lu, Feng & Chen (1962:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66053)
Corbet & Hill (1991:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Bates & Harrison (1997:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19559/21993105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Saikia, Chakravarty, Csorba, Laskar & Ruedi (2025:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69679)

Rhinolophus Pearsoni:

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

pearsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534716

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Jerdon (1867:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
Trouessart (1904:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Mell (1922:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13203408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68705)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1993:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Rhinolophus larvatus

A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-585 (= MNHN:type:178)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Moupin

Type locality

China: Sichuan: 30°26′N, 102°50′E.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-585

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13959897

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

David (1871:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13959897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus Pearsoni chinensis

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

chinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.11.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Kuatun, Fokien

Type locality

China: Fujian.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a10c55ff-4796-42a6-8d66-a11d46d9eaab

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214928

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Mell (1922:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13203408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68705)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Rhinolophus pearsonii chinensis:

G. M. Allen, 1938

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

chinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466625

Authority publication

Natural History of Central Asia

Name usages

Allen (1938:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhinolophus pearsonii pearsonii:

G. M. Allen, 1938

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

pearsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466624

Authority publication

Natural History of Central Asia

Name usages

Allen (1938:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
Pen, Kao, Lu, Feng & Chen (1962:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66053)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhinolophus pearsoni pearsoni:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

pearsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722423

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Koopman (1994:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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