Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck 1835

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Rhinolophidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 350-365 : 362

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scientific name	Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck 1835
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Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck 1835 , Monogr. Mamm., Vol. 2: 306.

Type Locality: India, Pondicherry and Calcutta.

Vernacular Names: Rufous Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rhinolophus rouxii subsp. rouxii Temminck 1835

Subspecies Rhinolophus rouxii subsp. rubidus Kelaart 1850

Distribution: Sri Lanka, peninsular India to S Burma and Vietnam. Reports of this species from Cambodia are likely erroneous; see Kock (2000 a).

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

Discussion: rouxii species group. Includes petersii ; see Sinha (1973). Does not include sinicus ; see Thomas (2000). Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997) and Horácek et al. (2000); revised by Thomas (2000). Sometimes spelled rouxi (e.g., Horácek et al., 2000; Koopman, 1993).