Rhinolophus chutamasae
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Comment: Something strange is going on with the taxonomy here. The species Rhinolophus monticolus I believe was proposed in 1905. Rhinolophus monticola K. Andersen, 1905 was made a subspecies of Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844. Soisook et al seems unaware of this problem, although they do examine other subspecies of R. lepidus:"It should be noted that the specimens of the taxon feae, which was described from Biapo, SE Myanmar (Andersen, 1907) and currently regarded as a synonym of R. lepidus (Csorba et al., 2003; Simmons, 2005), housed in the BMNH (see Appendix I) were examined. The measurements and skull morphology of these specimens agree with other specimens referred to R. lepidus from Vietnam, Cambodia and Thai land, and therefore are included here in R. lepidus."I haven't come across a case like this, proposing using the same name for a species as is currently used for a subspecies. This is obviously not a problem with this article, but is rather a question of taxonomy. I will post a note over on Wikiproject Mammals to see if anyone else can provide insight into what to do here. TeaDrinker (talk) 16:14, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinolophidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhinolophinae |
| Genus: | Rhinolophus |
| Species: | R. monticolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinolophus monticolus Soisook, Karapan, Srikrachang, Dejtaradol, Nualcharoen, Bumrungsri, Oo, Aung, Bates, Harutyunyan, Buś, & Bogdanowicz, 2016
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| Distribution of R. monticolus | |
Rhinolophus monticolus or Mountain horseshoe bat is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found from Greater Mekong in Southeast Asia.[1]
Description
Size
Small bat, with the length of the head and body between 42.3 and 48.5 mm, the length of the forearm between 41.2 and 44.1 mm, the length of the tail between 19.7 and 25.6 mm, the length of the foot between 7.4 and 8.6 mm, the length of the ears between 15.5 and 48.5 mm.
Appearance
The backbone parts are dark brown, while the ventral parts are lighter. The base of the hair is complete white. The nasal leaf is brown and has a high lancet, with a blunt tip and concave margins, a relatively long connective process, pointed and projected forward, the wide saddle, with parallel edges and the square end. In some individuals the nasal leaf is coated with a layer of orange liquid with an unknown function. The lower lip has three longitudinal furrows. The tail is long and completely included in the wide uropatagium. The second lower premolar is very small and rounded.[2]
Ecolocation
It emits high-cycle ultrasound with constant frequency pulses of 83.6-93 kHz.
Biology
Behavior
It probably takes refuge in the cavities of the trees or in fissures of the rocks.
Feeding
It feeds on insects.
Distribution and habitat
This species is widespread in central-western and northern Thailand and northern Laos.
It lives in the mountain evergreen forests between 620 and 1.320 meters of altitude.[3]
References
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- ^ "115 NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED IN THE GREATER MEKONG". World Wide Fund for Nature. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Crocodile lizard is one of 115 new species found in Greater Mekong". The Guardian. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
Category:Rhinolophidae Category:Mammals described in the 21st century Category:Vertebrates described in 2016
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