Rhinolophus affinis, Horsfield, 1823

Saikia, Uttam, Chakravarty, Rohit, Csorba, Gabor, Laskar, Mostaque Ahmed & Ruedi, Manuel, 2025, Taxonomic reassessment of bats from the Western Himalayas, India and description of a new species of the Myotis frater complex (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), Zootaxa 5644 (1), pp. 1-78 : 70-78

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scientific name	Rhinolophus affinis
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Rhinolophus affinis View in CoL : Himachal Pradesh, India: ZSI-HARC M28.

Rhinolophus nippon : Himachal Pradesh, India: ZSI-HARC CW12 , 28 ; Nepal: HNHM 95.57 About HNHM .1., 97.57.2., 97.57.3., 95.57.10., 98.5.26.

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum : Kashmir, India: HNHM 92.80.1.

Rhinolophus perniger : Himachal Pradesh, India: ZSI-HARC CW21 .

Rhinolophus sinicus : Himachal Pradesh, India: ZSI-HARC M27.

Hypsugo savii : Switzreland: MHNG 1756.088, 1868.067–080, 1956.056, 1999.056, 1999.075; Greece: MHNG 1807.061–63; Iran: MHNG 1703.092–94.

Myotis blythii : Himachal Pradesh, India: ZSI-HARC CW34, 35, M34; ZS-NERC V/M/ERS/405.

Myotis frater : China: AMNH 48039 About AMNH (holotype) ; Taiwan: HNHM 2004.19 About HNHM .03., MHNG TS85 View Materials , NTU FB006. NTU S51.

Myotis laniger : Vietnam: HNHM 93.57 About HNHM .1, 98.20.2, IEBR NH32 , NTS1705 , NTS1706 ; Meghalaya, India: 92.108.1, 92.108.2, 92.108.3; Taiwan: KMC 11855, 11866 ; MHNG 1988.064 View Materials ; THUMB B027 , B028 , B102 , B104 ; Fujian, China: ZMB 4146 View Materials (lectotype) .

Myotis longicaudatus : Russia: AMNH 245368 About AMNH ; South Korea: HNHM 2003.37.44.; Japan: HNHM 2013.11.1 ., KKC 052, 056, TO1511, KMC 6466, 6465, 6466, 6467, 6519, 6523, 6527, 6537, 6538, 6541, 12148, 12149, 12444, 12449, 12984, 12985, MHC 251, MHNG 1325.096 View Materials , NSMT 2606 View Materials (holotype of My. l. kaguyae) , 3686 (paratype of My. l. kaguyae), 4584, 5683, 9573, 10538, 10539, 11846, 12375, 14802, 14810, 16673, 20141, 22524, 25635, 25644.

Myotis longipes : Kashmir, India: HNHM 92.104.45., 92.104.47., 92.104.48.

Myotis nipalensis : Himachal Pradesh, India: ZSI-HARC CW38 .

Plecotus homochrous : Nepal: NHMUK 1854.9 About NHMUK .1.1 (holotype) , NHMUK 1879.11.21.98; Uttarakhand , India NHMUK 1814.7.10.31; Pakistan: NHMUK 1905.11 About NHMUK .19.1 (holotype of puck) .

Plecotus wardi : Jammu and Kashmir, India: BMNH 1906.10 .3.1, 1906.10.3.2 (holotype) 8.7.6.3 ; India? 8.7.6.1, 8.7.6.2, 10.10.12.4; Pakistan: BMNH 10.7 .13.1, 25.6.10.2, 77.433, 77.434, 77.435, HNHM 99.14 About HNHM .2., 99.14.3, 99.14.4 .

Pipistrellus babu : Pakistan: BMNH 1907.11 .21.2 (holotype) .

Pipistrellus javanicus : Java, Indonesia: BMNH 62 a (holotype of tralatitius), 1909.1.5.296; MHNG 1487.014 View Materials .

Scotozous dormeri : Himachal Pradesh, India ZSI–HARC CW 39, 40.

Submyotodon caliginosus : “Himalayas”: BMNH 75.10.27.1, 75.10.27.2 (syntypes of blanfordi ), ZMB 4373, 4717 (syntypes of blanfordi ); “Kashmir” BMNH 8.7.6.10, India: BMNH 7.1.1.512 (holotype), Himachal Pradesh, India: BMNH 13.1.19.18, 13.1.19.19, Uttarakhand, India: BMNH 14.7.10.55, Sikkim, India: BMNH 15.9.1.21, 91.10.7.57; Himachal Pradesh, India: BMNH 23.1.9.14, 23.9.1.13., Nepal: HNHM 98.8.7.; Pakistan: BMNH 10.1.18.17, 10.1.18.18, 71.1574, 71.1575, 71.1576, 71. 577, Himachal Pradesh, India: ZSI-HARC M50, ZSI-NERC V/M/ERS/417, 418, 421.

APPENDIX B: An updated checklist of the bat species reported from the Western Himalayas based on previous and the present studies.

Zoogeographic affinities are based on known distribution pattern of the species. UTK and HP stand for Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, respectively. *Indicates species encountered during the present surveys.

APPENDIX B: (Continued)