Rhinolophus pusillus

Temminck, 1834

Least Horseshoe Bat

Close-up of head, wings extended, Field Cat. No. 980221.21. Rhinolophus pusillus lakkhanae.
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Location:Laos, Champassak province, Ban Sou-Not, Dong Hua Sao National Park, 14°49'N 106°4'EDate taken:Feb 21, 1998

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1470

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

Temminck, C.J. 1834. Over een geslacht der vleugelhandige zoogdieren, Bladneus genaamd. (Rhinolophus Geoff., Cuv., Illig, Desm.; Vespertilio Linn., Erxleb.; Noctilio Kuhl). Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 1:1-30.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473243

Original name as described

Rhinolophus pusillus

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35177

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35177

Type locality

"Java, " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004730

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: 24 names and synonyms.

Rhinolophus minor

Horsfield, 1823

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.684

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/866b0663-9a64-4e96-aa39-2649b9e73944

Authority page

pl. 7 unnumbered p. 9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31111900

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Temminck (1834:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67812)
  3. Temminck (1835:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59642)
  4. Gray (1838:492, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  5. Lesson (1842:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. Giebel (1855:985, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  7. Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  8. Peters (1871:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
  9. Wallace (1880:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68070)
  10. Seabra (1898:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61089970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68453)
  11. Trouessart (1904:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  12. Gyldenstolpe (1916:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
  13. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus pusillus

Temminck, 1834

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35177

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35177

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473243

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1834:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13473243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67812)
  2. Temminck (1835:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59642)
  3. Lesson (1842:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Peters (1871:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66510)
  5. Blyth (1875:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38674986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
  6. Chasen (1940:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  7. Hill & Yoshiyuki (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2129)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1991:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  11. Koopman (1993:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  12. Koopman (1994:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  13. Bates & Harrison (1997:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  14. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  15. Smith & Xie (2008:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  20. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85707059/21994916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus minutus

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:101715

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39fba0378-ec0c-4db5-9855-c41ee5411736

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872265

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus gracilis

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1873.4.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c4ac4738-63dc-489b-ab8f-b3602cc5b1e5

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207590

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Rhinolophus minutillus

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

minutillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

USNM:MAMM:101715

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39fba0378-ec0c-4db5-9855-c41ee5411736

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329166

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Rhinolophus blythi

Andersen, 1918

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

blythi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.8.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94c0d410-0cc4-47e3-90fa-8b4deb9cd1d2

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103259

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1923:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16028)
  2. Allen (1938:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)

Rhinolophus blythi szechwanus

Andersen, 1918

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

szechwanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.1.26.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e210dfd8-5f52-4cf8-b79c-a1a21585740e

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103259

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1938:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)

Rhinolophus blythi calidus

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

calidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-44692

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44692

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Allen (1923:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16028)
  2. Allen (1938:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)

Rhinolophus blythi parcus

G. M. Allen, 1928

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

parcus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-58465

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-58465

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Allen (1938:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)

Rhinolophus pagi

Tate & Archbold, 1939

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

pagi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-103333

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-103333

Authority page

7

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

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