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SPECIES Rhinolophus hipposideros

Author:Bechstein, 1800.
Citation:InPennant, Allgemeine Ueber. Vierfüss. Thiere, 2: 629.
Common Name:Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Type Locality:France.
Distribution:Ireland, N Europe to Iberia and Morocco, through S Europe and N Africa to Kyrgystan and Kashmir; Bulgaria; Israel and Jordan; Arabia; Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti. Records at some localities in N Europe (e.g., the Netherlands) apparently reflect temporary northern range extensions (Glas and Voûte, 1992b).
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.
Comments:hipposideros species group. Revised by Felten et al. (1977). Reviewed by Paz (1995) and Bates and Harrison (1997); also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Horácek et al. (2000). It is possible that minimus represents a distinct species; see Zagorodnyuk (1999).
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SUBSPECIES hipposideros

SUBSPECIES escalerae

SUBSPECIES majori

SUBSPECIES midas

SUBSPECIES minimus

SUBSPECIES minutus

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