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Rhinolophus  Lacépède, 1799
Taxonomic Serial No.: 631260

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYinpterochiroptera Springer, Teeling, Madsen, Stanhope and Jong, 2001  
                                     SuperfamilyRhinolophoidea Gray, 1825  
                                        FamilyRhinolophidae Gray, 1825 – horseshoe bats  
                                           GenusRhinolophus Lacépède, 1799  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Rhinolophus achilles Thomas, 1900 – Queensland Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus acuminatus Peters, 1871 – Acuminate Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus adami Aellen and Brosset, 1968 – Adam's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823 – Intermediate Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1853 – Halcyon Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus alticolus Sanborn, 1936 – Cameroon Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus andamanensis Dobson, 1872 – Homfray's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus arcuatus Peters, 1871 – Arcuate Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus beddomei K. Andersen, 1905 – Bedomme's Horseshoe Bat, Beddome's Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus belligerator Patrick, McCulloch and Ruedas, 2013 – Poso Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1867 – Blasius's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus bocharicus Kastschenko and Akimov, 1917 – Bokhara Horseshoe Bat, Central Asian Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus borneensis Peters, 1861 – Bornean Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus canuti Thomas and Wroughton, 1909 – Canut's Horseshoe Bat, Knud's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein, 1823 – Cape Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus celebensis K. Andersen, 1905 – Sulawesi Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus chaseni Sanborn, 1939 – Indochinese Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus chiewkweeae Yoshiyuki and Lim, 2005 – Chiew Kwee's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar, 1826 – Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus coelophyllus Peters, 1867 – Croslet Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus cognatus K. Andersen, 1906 – Andaman Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus cohenae Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss and Cotterill, 2012 – Cohen's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus convexus Csorba, 1997 – Convex Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus cornutus Temminck, 1834 – Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus creaghi Thomas, 1896 – Creagh's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus damarensis Roberts, 1946 – Damara Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus darlingi K. Andersen, 1905 – Darling's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus deckenii Peters, 1868 – Decken's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus denti Thomas, 1904 – Dent's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus eloquens K. Andersen, 1905 – Eloquent Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus episcopus G. M. Allen, 1923 – Allen's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus euryale Blasius, 1853 – Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus euryotis Temminck, 1835 – Broad-eared Horseshoe Bat, New Guinea Broad-eared Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774) – Greater Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus formosae Sanborn, 1939 – Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus francisi Soisook, Struebig, Bates and Miguez in Soisook et al., 2015 – Francis's Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus fumigatus Rüppell, 1842 – Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus gorongosae Taylor, Macdonald, Goodman, Kearney, Cotterill, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman et al., 2018 – Gorongosa Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus guineensis Eisentraut, 1960 – Guinean Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus hildebrandtii Peters, 1878 – Hildebrandt's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus hilli Aellen, 1973 – Hill's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus hillorum Koopman, 1989 – Upland Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800) – Lesser Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus horaceki Benda and Vallo, 2012 – Horacek's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus inops K. Andersen, 1905 – Philippine Forest Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus kahuzi Fahr and Kerbis Peterhans, 2013 – Kahuzi Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus keyensis Peters, 1871 – Kai Horseshoe Bat, Insular Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1838 – Lander's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844 – Blyth's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus lobatus Peters, 1852 – Peters's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus luctoides Volleth, Loidl, Mayer, Hoisen, Müller and Heller, 2015 – Selangor Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus luctus Temminck, 1834 – Woolly Horseshoe Bat, Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus mabuensis Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss and Cotterill, 2012 – Mount Mabu Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus maclaudi Pousargues, 1897 – Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth, 1844 – Big-eared Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus madurensis K. Andersen, 1918 – Madura Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus maendeleo Kock, Csorba and Howell, 2000 – Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus malayanus Bonhote, 1903 – Malayan Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus marshalli Thonglongya, 1973 – Marshall's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus mcintyrei Hill and Schlitter, 1982 – McIntyre's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray, 1834 – Smaller Horseshoe Bat, Eastern Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus mehelyi Matschie, 1901 – Mehely's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus microglobosus Csorba and Jenkins, 1998 – Vietnamese Brown Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus mitratus Blyth, 1844 – Mitred Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus monoceros K. Andersen, 1905 – Formosan Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Formosan Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus montanus Goodwin, 1979 – Timorese Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus monticolus Soisook, Karapan, Srikrachang, Dejtaradol, Nualcharoen, Bumrungsri, Oo, Aung, Bates et al., 2016 – Mountain Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus morio Gray, 1842 – Malaysian Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus mossambicus Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss and Cotterill, 2012 – Mozambican Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus nereis K. Andersen, 1905 – neriad horseshoe bat, Anamban Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus nippon Temminck, 1835 – Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus osgoodi Sanborn, 1939 – Osgood's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851 – Pearson's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus perditus K. Andersen, 1918 – Yaeyama Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus perniger Hodgson, 1843 – Northern Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus philippinensis Waterhouse, 1843 – Large-eared Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus proconsulis Hill, 1959 – Bornean Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus pumilus K. Andersen, 1905 – Okinawa Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, 1834 – Least Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus refulgens K. Andersen, 1905 – Glossy Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus rex G. M. Allen, 1923 – King Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus rhodesiae Roberts, 1946 – Roberts's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus robinsoni K. Andersen, 1918 – Peninsular Horseshoe Bat, Robinson's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck, 1835 – Rufous Horseshoe Bat, Indian Rufous Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus rufus Eydoux and Gervais, 1836 – Large Rufous Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus ruwenzorii J. Eric Hill, 1942 – Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus sakejiensis Cotterill, 2002 – Sakeji Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus schnitzleri Wu and Thong, 2011 – Schnitzler's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus sedulus K. Andersen, 1905 – Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus shameli Tate, 1943 – Shamel's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus shortridgei K. Andersen, 1918 – Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus siamensis Gyldenstolpe, 1917 – Thai Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus silvestris Aellen, 1959 – Forest Horseshoe Bat, African Forest Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus simulator K. Andersen, 1904 – Bushveld Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus sinicus K. Andersen, 1905 – Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus smithersi Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss and Cotterill, 2012 – Smithers's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus stheno K. Andersen, 1905 – Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus subbadius Blyth, 1844 – Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus subrufus K. Andersen, 1905 – Small Rufous Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus swinnyi Gough, 1908 – Swinny's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus tatar Bergmans and Rozendaal, 1982 – Sulawesi Broad-eared Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus thailandensis Wu, Harada and Motokawa, 2009 – Thailand Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus thomasi K. Andersen, 1905 – Thomas's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus trifoliatus Temminck, 1834 – Trefoil Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus virgo K. Andersen, 1905 – Yellow-faced Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus willardi Kerbis Peterhans and Fahr, 2013 – Willard's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus xinanzhongguoensis Zou, Guillén-Servent, Lim, Eger, Wang and Jiang, 2009 – Chinese Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus yunanensis Dobson, 1872 – Dobson's Horseshoe Bat 
                                              Species Rhinolophus ziama Fahr, Vierhaus, Hutterer and Kock, 2002 – Ziama Horseshoe Bat 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Rhinolophus    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Rhinolophus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhinolophus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Rhinolophus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: For a comprehensive review of the genus (including detailed accounts for each species) see Csorba et al. (2003). Includes Rhinomegalophus; see Thonglongyai (1973). For partial phylogenies see Qumsiyeh et al. (1988b), Bogdanowicz and Owen (1992), and Maree and Grant (1997); also see Guillén-Servent (2001). Species groups follow Csorba et al. (2003)  
 

 

    

 
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