Large-eared horseshoe bat

Large-eared horseshoe bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Rhinolophidae
Genus:	Rhinolophus
Species:	R. philippinensis
Binomial name
Rhinolophus philippinensis Waterhouse, 1843
Large-eared horseshoe bat range

The large-eared horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus philippinensis) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in humid caves in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste. It is an insectivore. ^[2] Its larger variant is Rhinolophus robertsi , which is sympatric to philippinensis. ^[3]

References

1. Armstrong, K.N. (2021). "Rhinolophus philippinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T19560A21992817. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T19560A21992817.en . Retrieved 30 November 2023.
2. "Large-eared Horseshoe Bat". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
3. Pavey, C. R. (1999). "Foraging Ecology of the Two Taxa of Large-Eared Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus philippinensis,on Cape York Peninsula" . Australian Mammalogy. 21 (1): 135–138. doi:10.1071/am99135. ISSN   1836-7402.