Least horseshoe bat

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Least horseshoe bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. pusillus
Binomial name
Rhinolophus pusillus
Temminck, 1834
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Least horseshoe bat range

The least horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pusillus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. It is a food source of the parasite Sinospelaeobdella, a jawed land leech. [2]

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References

  1. Fukui, D. (2019). "Rhinolophus pusillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T85707059A21994916. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T85707059A21994916.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Huang, Taifu; Liu, Zhiwei; Gong, Xiaoyan; Wu, Tao; Liu, Hui; Deng, Jiaxin; Zhang, Youxiang; Peng, Qingzhong; Zhang, Libiao; Liu, Zhixiao (2019-02-25). "Vampire in the darkness: a new genus and species of land leech exclusively bloodsucking cave-dwelling bats from China (Hirudinda: Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipsidae)". Zootaxa. 4560 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4560.2.2. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   31716579. S2CID   92229405.