Rhinolophus sinicus

Andersen, 1905

Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Rhinolophidae
Genus : Rhinolophus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1905-10-07. On some bats of the genus Rhinolophus, with remarks on their mutual affinities, and descriptions of twenty-six new forms. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905-II(1):75-145.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207559

Original name as described

Rhinolophus rouxi sinicus

Other common names

Chinese Horseshoe Bat · Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff45ede5-c2d5-4b42-a9db-e703e4a8611d

Type locality

"Chin Tah, Anhwei [= Anhui Province], Lower Yangtse [River], " China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Myanmar · China · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. septentrionalis

Taxonomy notes citation

Mao, X.-g., Tsagkogeorga, G., Bailey, S.E. and Rossiter, S.J. 2017. Genomics of introgression in the Chinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) revealed by transcriptome sequencing. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121(3):698-710. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blx017 · Mao, X.-g., Tsagkogeorga, G., Thong, V.D. and Rossiter, S.J. 2019. Resolving evolutionary relationships among six closely related taxa of the horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus) with targeted resequencing data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139:106551. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106551

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004746

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Rhinolophus rouxi sinicus

Andersen, 1905

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

sinicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff45ede5-c2d5-4b42-a9db-e703e4a8611d

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207559

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Mell (1922:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13203408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68705)
Allen (1938:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
Anthony (1941:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16202)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Rhinolophus sinicus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

sinicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41529/22005184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Saikia, Chakravarty, Csorba, Laskar & Ruedi (2025:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69679)

Rhinolophus sinicus sinicus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

sinicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Smith & Xie (2008:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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