Rhinolophus shameli

Tate, 1943

Shamel's Horseshoe Bat

Close-up, Field Cat. No. 970426.5
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Location:Laos, Attapeu province, ~6 km S Ban Paam on Nam Pa, 14°52'N 107°2'EDate taken:Apr 26, 1997

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1472

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

Tate, G.H.H. 1943-02-17. Further notes on the Rhinolophus philippinensis group (Chiroptera). American Museum Novitates 1219:1-7.

Original name as described

Rhinolophus coelophyllus shameli

Type material

USNM:MAMM:267255

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Koh Chang (Island), Gulf of Siam, Siam [= Thailand]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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: 2 names and synonyms.

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