Chiewkwee's horseshoe bat

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Chiewkwee's horseshoe bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. chiewkweeae
Binomial name
Rhinolophus chiewkweeae
Yoshiyuki & Lim, 2005 [2]

Chiewkwee's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus chiewkweeae) is a species of horseshoe bat endemic to the Malay Peninsula. [2]

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References

  1. Waldien, D.L. (2020). "Rhinolophus chiewkweeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T84372474A84372528. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T84372474A84372528.en .
  2. 1 2 Yoshiyuki, M.; Lim, B. L. (2005). "A new horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus chiewkweeae (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae), from Malaysia" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. 31 (1): 29–36.