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SPECIES Rhinolophus rouxii
Author: | Temminck, 1835. | Citation: | Monogr. Mamm., 2: 306. | Common Name: | Rufous Horseshoe Bat | Type Locality: | India, Pondicherry and Calcutta. | Distribution: | Sri Lanka, peninsular India to S Burma and Vietnam. Reports of this species from Cambodia are likely erroneous; see Kock (2000a). | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | rouxii species group. Includes petersii; see Sinha (1973). Does not include sinicus; see Thomas (2000). Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997) and Horácek et al. (2000); revised by Thomas (2000). Sometimes spelled rouxi (e.g., Horácek et al., 2000; Koopman, 1993). |
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