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SPECIES Rhinolophus pusillus
Author: | Temminck, 1834. | Citation: | Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol., 1: 29. | Common Name: | Least Horseshoe Bat | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Java. | Distribution: | India; Nepal; Thailand; Burma; Laos; S China; Peninsular Malaysia; Mentawai Isls, Javaand Lesser Sunda Isls (Indonesia), small adjacent islands. Reports of this species from Cambodia cannot be confirmed (Kock, 2000a). | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | pusillus species group. Includes blythi, minutillus, and pagi; see Hill and Yoshiyuki (1980) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Contains gracilis; see Corbet and Hill (1992), but also see Sinha (1973). May include cornutus, pumilus, and perditus; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Yoshiyuki (1990), Kock (1996), and Bates and Harrison (1997). Lectotype designated by Csorba (2002). See Corbet and Hill (1992) and Hendrichsen et al. (2001b) for a discussion of usage of the name minor, which was preoccupied by minor Kerr, 1792. |
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