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Big-eared horseshoe bat

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Big-eared horseshoe bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. macrotis
Binomial name
Rhinolophus macrotis
Blyth, 1844
Big-eared horseshoe bat range

The big-eared horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus macrotis) is a bat species within the Rhinolophidae native to China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]

Taxonomy

The big-eared horseshoe bat was described as a new species in 1844 by English zoologist Edward Blyth.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Molur, S.; Srinivasulu, C.; Francis, C. (2008). "Rhinolophus macrotis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T19550A8974366. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19550A8974366.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Blyth, Edward (1844). "Notices of various Mammalia, with descriptions of many new species". The journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 13: 485–486.