Hipposideros pomona K. Andersen 1918

Hipposideros pomona K. Andersen 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 2: 380.

Type Locality: India, Mysore, N Coorg, Haleri (a few miles N of Mercara, Coorg Dist., Karnataka).

Vernacular Names: Pomona Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Hipposideros pomona subsp. pomona K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Hipposideros pomona subsp. gentiles K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Hipposideros pomona subsp. sinensis K. Andersen 1918

Distribution: Bangladesh and India to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, S China and W Malaysia.

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

Discussion: bicolor species group. Formerly included in bicolor but see Hill et al (1986). May be conspecific with macrobullatus; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Some specimens from peninsular India previously referred to this species were subsequently removed to form the type series of hypophyllus . Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997) and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 b).