Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray 1834

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 : 359

Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray 1834

Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray 1834 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1834: 52.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Murrumbidgee River.

Vernacular Names: Smaller Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rhinolophus megaphyllus subsp. megaphyllus Gray 1834

Subspecies Rhinolophus megaphyllus subsp. fallax K. Andersen 1906

Subspecies Rhinolophus megaphyllus subsp. ignifer Allen 1933

Subspecies Rhinolophus megaphyllus subsp. monachus K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus megaphyllus subsp. vandeuseni Koopman 1982

Distribution: E New Guinea; Misima Isl (Louisiade Arch.), Goodenough Isl (D'Entrecasteaux Isls), and Bismarck Arch. ( Papua New Guinea); Moluccas, Lesser Sundas; E Queensland, E New South Wales, and E Victoria ( Australia).

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

Discussion: megaphyllus species group. Does not include keyensis and amiri; see Kitchener et al. (1995 a), although also see discussion in Csorba et al. (2003). May be closely related to philippinensis , and both taxa as presently recognized may be polyphyletic; see Cooper et al. (1998). Does not include robinsoni and simplex , although see discussion in Corbet and Hill (1992) and Csorba et al. (2003). Also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).