Species of bat
The big-eared horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus macrotis ) is a bat species within the Rhinolophidae native to Asia.[ 1]
Taxonomy
The big-eared horseshoe bat was described as a new species in 1844 by English zoologist Edward Blyth .
The holotype had been collected by Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal .[ 2] The species name "macrotis " is from Ancient Greek makrós meaning "long" and oûs meaning "ear".[ 3] It contains many subspecies; a 2008 paper listed seven such subspecies:[ 4]
R. m. macrotis Blyth, 1844
R. m. episcopus Allen , 1923
R. m. caldwelli Allen, 1923
R. m. siamensis Gyldenstolpe , 1917
R. m. dohrni Andersen , 1907
R. m. hirsutus Andersen, 1905
R. m. topali Csorba & Bates, 1995
R. m. hirsutus , R. m. episcopus were originally described as full species, but George Henry Hamilton Tate included them as subspecies of R. macrotis in a 1943 publication. In the same publication, Tate included R. m. caldwelli as a subspecies; previously, it was considered a subspecies of R. episcopus .[ 5] [ 6] Most recently, R. m. siamensis has been considered a full species rather than a subspecies, known as the Thai horseshoe bat .[ 5]
Description
The big-eared horseshoe bat can be differentiated from other horseshoe bats by its very long ears and a tongue-shaped sella that is long and broad.[ 5]
Range and habitat
The big-eared horseshoe bat is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia including Bangladesh , China , India , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan , Philippines , Thailand , and Vietnam . As of 2008, its presence was possible but not confirmed in Bhutan . It has been documented at a range of elevations from 200–1,692 m (656–5,551 ft) above sea level.[ 1]
References
^ a b c Tu, V.; Csorba, G.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Rhinolophus macrotis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 : e.T19550A21978583. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T19550A21978583.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021 .
^ Blyth, Edward (1844). "Notices of various Mammalia, with descriptions of many new species" . The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . 13 : 485–486.
^ Natural History Society of Montreal (1857). The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist . Dawson. p. 92 .
^ Sun, Ke-Ping; Feng, Jiang; Jiang, Ting-Lei; Ma, Jie; Zhang, Zhen-Zhen; Jin, Long-Ru (2008). "A new cryptic species of Rhinolophus macrotis (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Jiangxi Province, China". Acta Chiropterologica . 10 : 1–10. doi :10.3161/150811008X331045 . S2CID 86545163 .
^ a b c Tu, Vuong Tan; Hassanin, Alexandre; Görföl, Tamás; Arai, Satoru; Fukui, Dai; Thanh, Hoang Trung; Son, Nguyen Truong; Furey, Neil M.; Csorba, Gábor (2017). "Integrative taxonomy of the Rhinolophus macrotis complex (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) in Vietnam and nearby regions" (PDF) . Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 55 (3): 177–198. doi :10.1111/jzs.12169 .
^ Allen, G. M. (1923). "New Chinese Bats" (PDF) . American Museum Novitates (85): 3.