Authority citation: Andersen, K.C. 1905-10-07. On some bats of the genus Rhinolophus, with remarks on their mutual affinities, and descriptions of twenty-six new forms. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905-II(1):75-145.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207559
Original name as described: Rhinolophus rouxi sinicus
Nominal names: sinicus Andersen, 1905
Other common names: Chinese Horseshoe Bat|Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Rhinolophidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.1.6
Type locality: "Chin Tah, Anhwei [= Anhui Province], Lower Yangtse [River]," China.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): India (IND) | Nepal (NPL) | Myanmar (MMR) | China (CHN) | Vietnam (VNM)
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: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included R. septentrionalis
Citation: Mao, X., Tsagkogeorga, G., Bailey, S. E., & Rossiter, S. J. (2017). Genomics of introgression in the Chinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) revealed by transcriptome sequencing. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121(3), 698-710.|Mao, X., Tsagkogeorga, G., Thong, V. D., & Rossiter, S. J. (2019). Resolving evolutionary relationships among six closely related taxa of the horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus) with targeted resequencing data. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 139, 106551.
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