Lander's Horseshoe Bat

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Lander's Horseshoe Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Rhinolophidae Genus: Rhinolophus Species: R. landeri
Binomial name
Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1838

The Lander's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus landeri) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and caves.

[edit] References

• Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W., Taylor, P. & Monadjem, A. 2004. Rhinolophus landeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.