Rhinolophus subbadius Blyth 1844
Creators: name: Burgin, Connor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus
Rhinolophus subbadius

description: 70. Little Nepalese Horseshoe <b>Bat</b> <i>Rhinolophus subbadius</i> <b>French:</b> Rhinolophe du <i>Népal</i> / <b>German:</b> <i>Kleine</i> Nepal-Hufeisennase / <b>Spanish:</b> Herradura de <i>Nepal</i> <b>Taxonomy.</b> <i>Rhinolophus subbadius</i> Blyth, 1844, “ Nepal.” <i>Rhinolophus subbadius</i> is included in the <i>pusillus</i> species group. It may be confused with. <i>pusillus,</i> to which it is very similar, and the distributional limits of the two are still uncertain. The relationship of this species to other <i>Rhinolophus</i> is unclear. Monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> C &amp; <i>E</i> Nepal, Bhutan, NE India (Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya), N Bangladesh, N Myanmar, and S China (one locality in Yunnan); there have been dubious records from N &amp; C Vietnam, but these are likely to refer to the Least Horseshoe Bat <i>(.</i> pusui <i>llus</i>). Descriptive <b>notes.</b> Head—body 35—37 mm, tail 16—19 mm, ear 14- 1—18 mm, hindfoot 6- 6—8 mm, forearm 33- 3—38 mm. The Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat is a very small species of horseshoe bat, probably the smallest in the genus. Dorsal pelage is cinnamon brown (brownish-tipped hairs with grayish-white bases) with generally <i>slightly</i> paler shoulders; ventral pelage is slightly paler. Ears are small or mediumsized. <i>Noseleaf</i> has more or less hastate lancet; connecting process extends forward, becoming slender and sharply pointed horn; sella is broader basally and constricted medially; shape and size of horseshoe are unknown. There are three mental grooves on lower lip. Skull is very small and moderately built (zygomatic breadth was larger than mastoid breadth in one individual and smaller in another); anterior median swellings are small and short; posterior swellings are more developed than anterior ones; sagittal crest is moderately developed; frontal depression is shallow; supraorbital ridges are not well defined. C1 is slender and moderately long; <i>P</i> 2 is small or medium-sized with distinct cusp, and is within the tooth row; P is minute or absent, being extruded from tooth row, or rarely in tooth <i>row</i> when present; P, and P4 are in contact. Dental formula is the usual of 32 teeth for the genus or <i>only</i> 30 teeth when a lower premolar is missing. Habitat. Recorded in a bamboo clump in dense forest at an elevation of 1231 m in northern Myanmar. <b>Food and</b> Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. <b>Activity patterns.</b> No information. <i>Movements</i>, <b>Home range and Social organization.</b> No information. <b>Status and</b> Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on <i>The</i> IUCN <i>ed List.</i> However, in South Asia, the Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat is threatened by deforestation, <i>generally</i> resulting from logging operations and the conversion of land for agriculture and mining operations. <b>Bibliography.</b> Bates &amp; Harrison (1997), Bates et <i>al.</i> (2004), Csorba, Bates, Molur &amp; Srinivasulu (2008c), Csorba, Ujhelyi &amp; Thomas (2003), Francis (2008a), Molur et al. (2002), Smith &amp; <i>XieYan</i> (2008).
description: Published as part of <i>Burgin, Connor, 2019, Rhinolophidae, pp. 280-332 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions</i> on pages 313-314, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3748525