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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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