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SPECIES Rhinolophus pearsonii
Author: | Horsfield, 1851. | Citation: | Cat. Mamm. Mus. E. India Co.: 33. | Common Name: | Pearson's Horseshoe Bat | Type Locality: | India, W Bengal, Darjeeling. | Distribution: | N India; Nepal; Bhutan; Burma; Tibet, Szechwan, Anhwei, and Fukien (China) to Vietnam; Laos; Thailand; Peninsular Malaysia. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | pearsonii species group. Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997). Subspecies are of questionable validity (Corbet and Hill, 1992). Sometimes spelled pearsoni (e.g., Koopman, 1993). |
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