Coelops frithii Blyth 1848

Coelops frithii Blyth 1848, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 17: 251.

Type Locality: Bangladesh, Sunderbans.

Vernacular Names: East Asian Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Coelops frithii subsp. frithii Blyth 1848

Subspecies Coelops frithii subsp. bernsteini Peters 1862

Subspecies Coelops frithii subsp. formosanus Horikawa 1928

Subspecies Coelops frithii subsp. inflatus Miller 1928

Subspecies Coelops frithii subsp. sinicus Allen 1928

Distribution: Bangladesh and NE India to S China, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, south to W Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java and Bali; Taiwan.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997). Malay material has not been allocated to subspecies. Sometimes spelled frithi (e.g., Koopman, 1993).