Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat

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Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: R. clivosus
Binomial name
Rhinolophus clivosus
Cretzschmar, 1828

The Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus clivosus) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, caves, subterranean habitats (other than caves), and hot deserts.

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