Shamel's horseshoe bat

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Shamel's horseshoe bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. shameli
Binomial name
Rhinolophus shameli
Tate, 1943
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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]

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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.