Forest Horseshoe Bat

Forest Horseshoe Bat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Rhinolophidae
Genus:	Rhinolophus
Species:	R. silvestris
Binomial name
*Rhinolophus silvestris* Aellen, 1959

The Forest Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus silvestris) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Republic of the Congo and Gabon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Cotterill, F.W. 2004. Rhinolophus silvestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

Extant species of family Rhinolophidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria · Order: Chiroptera

Rhinolophus	Acuminate Horseshoe Bat (R. acuminatus) · Adam's Horseshoe Bat (R. adami) · Intermediate Horseshoe Bat (R. affinis) · Halcyon Horseshoe Bat (R. alcyone) · Arcuate Horseshoe Bat (R. arcuatus) · Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat (R. beddomei) · Blasius's Horseshoe Bat (R. blasii) · Bokhara Horseshoe Bat (R. bocharicus) · Bornean Horseshoe Bat (R. borneensis) · Canut's Horseshoe Bat (R. canuti) · Cape Horseshoe Bat (R. capensis) · Sulawesi Horseshoe Bat (R. celebensis) · Chiewkwee's Horseshoe Bat (R. chiewkweeae) · Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat (R. clivosus) · Croslet Horseshoe Bat (R. coelophyllus) · Andaman Horseshoe Bat (R. cognatus) · Convex Horseshoe Bat (R. convexus) · Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat (R. cornutus) · Creagh's Horseshoe Bat (R. creaghi) · Darling's Horseshoe Bat (R. darlingi) · Decken's Horseshoe Bat (R. deckenii) · Dent's Horseshoe Bat (R. denti) · Eloquent Horseshoe Bat (R. eloquens) · Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat (R. euryale) · Broad-eared Horseshoe Bat (R. euryotis) · Greater Horseshoe Bat (R. ferrumequinum) · Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat (R. formosae) · Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat (R. fumigatus) · Guinean Horseshoe Bat (R. guineensis) · Hildebrandt's Horseshoe Bat (R. hildebrandti) · Hill's Horseshoe Bat (R. hilli) · Upland Horseshoe Bat (R. hillorum) · Lesser Horseshoe Bat (R. hipposideros) · R. huananus · Imaizumi's Horseshoe Bat (R. imaizumii) · Philippine Forest Horseshoe Bat (R. inops) · Insular Horseshoe Bat (R. keyensis) · Lander's Horseshoe Bat (R. landeri) · Blyth's Horseshoe Bat (R. lepidus) · Woolly Horseshoe Bat (R. luctus) · Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat (R. maclaudi) · Big-eared Horseshoe Bat (R. macrotis) · Madura Horseshoe Bat (R. madurensis) · Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat (R. maendeleo) · Malayan Horseshoe Bat (R. malayanus) · Marshall's Horseshoe Bat (R. marshalli) · Smaller Horseshoe Bat (R. megaphyllus) · Mehely's Horseshoe Bat (R. mehelyi) · R. microglobosus · Mitred Horseshoe Bat (R. mitratus) · Formosan Lesser Horseshoe Bat (R. monoceros) · Timorese Horseshoe Bat (R. montanus) · Neriad Horseshoe Bat (R. nereis) · Osgood's Horseshoe Bat (R. osgoodi) · Bourret's Horseshoe Bat (R. paradoxolophus) · Pearson's Horseshoe Bat (R. pearsonii) · Large-eared Horseshoe Bat (R. philippinensis) · Least Horseshoe Bat (R. pusillus) · King Horseshoe Bat (R. rex) · Peninsular Horseshoe Bat (R. robinsoni) · Rufous Horseshoe Bat (R. rouxii) · Large Rufous Horseshoe Bat (R. rufus) · Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat (R. ruwenzorii) · Sakeji Horseshoe Bat (R. sakejiensis) · Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat (R. sedulus) · Shamel's Horseshoe Bat (R. shameli) · Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat (R. shortridgei) · Thai Horseshoe Bat (R. siamensis) · Forest Horseshoe Bat (R. silvestris) · Bushveld Horseshoe Bat (R. simulator) · Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat (R. sinicus) · Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat (R. stheno) · Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat (R. subbadius) · Small Rufous Horseshoe Bat (R. subrufus) · Swinny's Horseshoe Bat (R. swinnyi) · R. thailandensis · Thomas's Horseshoe Bat (R. thomasi) · Trefoil Horseshoe Bat (R. trifoliatus) · Yellow-faced Horseshoe Bat (R. virgo) · R. xinanzhongguoensis · Dobson's Horseshoe Bat (R. yunanensis) · Ziama Horseshoe Bat (R. ziama)