Mehely's Horseshoe Bat

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Mehely's Horseshoe Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: R. mehelyi
Binomial name
Rhinolophus mehelyi
Matschie, 1901

The Mehely's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus mehelyi) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia (country), Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Libya, the Republic of Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, and Turkey. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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