Chaerephon plicatus (Buchannan 1800)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 434

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scientific name	Chaerephon plicatus (Buchannan 1800)
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[Vespertilio] plicatus Buchannan 1800 , Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 5: 261.

Type Locality: India, Bengal, Puttahaut (restricted to Puttahaut by G. M. Allen, 1939).

Vernacular Names: Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. plicatus Buchannan 1800

Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. dilatatus Horsfield 1822

Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. insularis Phillips 1932

Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. luzonus Hollister 1913

Subspecies Chaerephon plicatus subsp. tenuis Horsfield 1822

Distribution: India and Sri Lanka to S China, Hong Kong, Cambodia, and Vietnam, southeast through Malyasia to the Philippines, Borneo and Lesser Sunda Isls; Hainan ( China); Cocos Keeling Isl (Indian Ocean).

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

Discussion: plicatus species group. Includes luzonus; see Hill (1961 b) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997). Subspecies limits are problematic.