Scotomanes ornatus (Blyth 1851)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 465

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[Nycticejus] ornatus Blyth 1851 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 20: 511.

Type Locality: India, Assam, Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji.

Vernacular Names: Harlequin Bat.

Synonyms: Scotomanes emarginatus Dobson 1871 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Scotomanes ornatus subsp. ornatus Blyth 1851

Subspecies Scotomanes ornatus subsp. imbrensis Thomas 1921

Subspecies Scotomanes ornatus subsp. sinensis Thomas 1921

Distribution: NE India (including Sikkim), Burma, S China, Thailand, Vietnam.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt) as S. ornatus ; Data Deficient as S. emarginatus .

Discussion: Includes emarginatus ; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Included in Nycticeius by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951); but see Hill (1974 c). Reviewed by Bates and Harrison (1997); also see Sinha (1999) and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 b).