Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich 1782)

[Vespertilio] microphyllus Brünnich 1782, Dyrenes Historie, Vol. 1: 50.

Type Locality: Egypt, restricted to Giza by Koopman (1975).

Vernacular Names: Greater Mouse-tailed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Rhinopoma microphyllum subsp. microphyllum Brünnich 1782

Subspecies Rhinopoma microphyllum subsp. asirensis Nader and Kock 1982

Subspecies Rhinopoma microphyllum subsp. kinneari Wroughton 1912

Subspecies Rhinopoma microphyllum subsp. sumatrae Thomas 1903

Distribution: Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria to Afghanistan, Pakista, and India; possibly Burma; Thailand; N Sumatra.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: 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).