Authority citation: Hodgson, B.H. 1843. Notice of two Marmots inhabiting respectively the plains of Tibet and the Himalayan Slopes near to the Snows, and also of a Rhinolophus of the central region of Nepal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12(137):409-414.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057799
Original name as described: Rhinolophus perniger
Nominal names: perniger B. H. Hodgson, 1843 | lanosus Andersen, 1905 | spurcus G. M. Allen, 1928 | pernigei Z. Cao, K. Wang, J. Wen, C. Li, Wu Yi, Wang Xiaoyun, & Yu Wenhua, 2024 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Other common names: Chinese Woolly Horseshoe Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Rhinolophidae
Type locality: "central region of the Sub-Himalayas," Nepal.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): India (IND) | Nepal (NPL) | Bhutan (BTN) | Bangladesh (BGD) | Myanmar (MMR) | China (CHN) | Thailand (THA) | Laos (LAO) | Vietnam (VNM) | Cambodia (KHM)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: split from R. luctus; previously known as lanosus, but perniger has nomenclatural priority
Citation: Volleth, M., Son, N. T., Wu, Y., Li, Y., Yu, W., Lin, L. K., ... & Harada, M. (2017). Comparative Chromosomal Studies in Rhinolophus formosae and R. luctus from China and Vietnam: Elevation of R. l. lanosus to Species Rank. Acta Chiropterologica, 19(1), 41-50.|Srinivasulu, A., Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Amarasinghe, C., Ukuwela, K. D., Karunarathna, M., ... & Srinivasulu, C. (2023). Taxonomic status of the Lesser Woolly Horseshoe bats (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus beddomei) in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 5301(2), 199-218.
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