Blasius's Horseshoe Bat

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Blasius's Horseshoe Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: R. blasii
Binomial name
Rhinolophus blasii
Peters, 1866

The Blasius's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus blasii) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Bulgaria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Armenia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves). It is threatened by habitat loss.

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