Authority citation: Matschie, P. 1901. Über rumänische Säugethiere. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1901:220-238.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8798633
Original name as described: Rhinolophus (Euryalus) mehelyi
Nominal names: mehelyi Matschie, 1901 | barbarus (Andersen & Matschie, 1904) | carpetanus Cabrera, 1904 | judaicus (Andersen & Matschie, 1904) | meridionalis (Andersen & Matschie, 1904) | tuneti Deleuil & Labbé, 1955 | birzebbugensis Storch, 1974 | tunetae Koopman, 1994 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | scythotauricus Lopatin, 2023
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Rhinolophidae
Type locality: "Bukarest [= Bucharest]," Romania.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Morocco (MAR) | Algeria (DZA) | Tunisia (TUN) | Portugal (PRT) | Spain (ESP) | France? | Italy (ITA) | Libya (LBY) | Egypt (EGY) | Albania (ALB) | Serbia (SRB) | Romania (ROU) | North Macedonia (MKD) | Bulgaria (BGR) | Greece (GRC) | Russia (RUS) | Georgia (GEO) | Armenia (ARM) | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Turkey (TUR) | Cyprus (CYP) | Israel (ISR) | Palestine | Jordan (JOR) | Syria (SYR) | Iraq (IRQ) | Iran (IRN) | Afghanistan?
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable
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