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SPECIES Rhinopoma microphyllum

Author:Brünnich, 1782.
Citation:Dyrenes Historie, 1: 50.
Common Name:Greater Mouse-tailed Bat
Type Locality:Egypt, restricted to Giza by Koopman (1975).
Distribution:Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria to Afghanistan, Pakista, and India; possibly Burma; Thailand; N Sumatra.
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991) and Kock et al. (2001). Includes hadithaensis, see Kock et al. (2001). Subspecies nomenclature revised by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1994); also see Pearch et al. (2001).
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SUBSPECIES microphyllum

SUBSPECIES asirensis

SUBSPECIES kinneari

SUBSPECIES sumatrae

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