Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield 1851

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 : 360

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scientific name	Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield 1851
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Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield 1851 , Cat. Mamm. Mus. E. India Co.: 33 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: India, W Bengal, Darjeeling.

Vernacular Names: Pearson's Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rhinolophus pearsonii subsp. pearsonii Horsfield 1851

Subspecies Rhinolophus pearsonii subsp. chinensis K. Andersen 1905

Distribution: N India; Nepal; Bhutan; Burma; Tibet, Szechwan, Anhwei, and Fukien ( China) to Vietnam; Laos; Thailand; Peninsular Malaysia.

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

Discussion: 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).