Blyth's horseshoe bat

Blyth's horseshoe bat

Location: Bhandardara, near Nashik
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Rhinolophidae
Genus:	Rhinolophus
Species:	R. lepidus
Binomial name
*Rhinolophus lepidus* Blyth, 1844

Blyth's Horseshoe Bat range

Blyth's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus lepidus) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam.

The species can be identified from its pointed, bifid sella.

References

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Rhinolophus lepidus. 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

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