Rhinolophus lepidus

Rhinolophus lepidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: Rhinolophus lepidus
Subspecies (3): R. l. feae – R. l. lepidus – R. l. monticola

Name

Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844: 486

• Holotype: Unknown.
• Type locality: “probably obtained in the vicinity of Calcutta”.

Native distribution areas

• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• North India
• Nepal
• Burma
• Thailand
• Szechwan and Yunnan (China)
• Peninsular Malaysia
• Sumatra (Indonesia)

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. 1844. Notes of various Mammalia, with description of many new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13: 463–494. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Soisook, P., Karapan, S., Srikrachang, M., Dejtaradol, A., Nualcharoen, K., Bumrungsri, S., Oo, S.S.L., Aung, M.M., Bates, P.J.J., Harutyunyan, M., Buś, M.M. & Bogdanowicz, W. 2016. Hill forest dweller: A new cryptic species of Rhinolophus in the 'pusillus group' (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Thailand and Lao PDR. Acta Chiropterologica 18(1): 117–139. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.005 Reference page. 

Links

• Srinivasulu, B., Csorba, G. & Srinivasulu, C. 2019. IUCN: Rhinolophus lepidus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T19547A21977419. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T19547A21977419.en. Accessed on 01 April 2025.

Vernacular names

English: Blyth's Horseshoe Bat