Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck 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 : 361

Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck 1834

Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck 1834 , Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol., 1: 29.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Java.

Vernacular Names: Least Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. pusillus Temminck 1834

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. blythi K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. calidus G. M. Allen 1923

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. gracilis K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. lakkhanae Yoshiyuki 1990

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. minutillus Miller 1906

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. pagi Tate and Archbold 1939

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. parcus Allen 1928

Subspecies Rhinolophus pusillus subsp. szechwanus K. Andersen 1918

Distribution: India; Nepal; Thailand; Burma; Laos; S China; Peninsular Malaysia; Mentawai Isls, Javaand Lesser Sunda Isls ( Indonesia), small adjacent islands. Reports of this species from Cambodia cannot be confirmed (Kock, 2000 a).

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

Discussion: pusillus species group. Includes blythi , minutillus , and pagi; see Hill and Yoshiyuki (1980) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Contains gracilis ; see Corbet and Hill (1992), but also see Sinha (1973). May include cornutus , pumilus , and perditus ; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Yoshiyuki (1990), Kock (1996), and Bates and Harrison (1997). Lectotype designated by Csorba (2002). See Corbet and Hill (1992) and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 b) for a discussion of usage of the name minor , which was preoccupied by minor Kerr, 1792 .