Shamel's horseshoe bat

Shamel's 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. shameli
Binomial name
Rhinolophus shameli Tate, 1943
Shamel's horseshoe bat range

Shamel's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus shameli) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

The eponym for the species name "shameli" was American mammalogist H. Harold Shamel. ^[2]

References

1. Furey, N.; Bates, P.J.J.; Bumrungsri, S.; Francis, C.; Csorba, G.; Walston, J.; Thong, V.D. (2020). "Rhinolophus shameli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T19566A21993823. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T19566A21993823.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 374. ISBN   978-0-8018-9533-3.