Rhinolophus
Appearance
The "horseshoe bats" of the Rhinolophus genus, comprising approximately 65 species. It represents the largest group within the Rhinolophidae family of bats.
- Rhinolophus acuminatus (Acuminate horseshoe bat) Peters, 1871
(range: Borneo, Java, Lombok, Bali, Palawan, Nias, Engano, Thailand, Laos, Kampuchea)
- Rhinolophus adami (Adam's horseshoe bat) Aellen & Brosset, 1968
(range: Congo Republic)
- Rhinolophus affinis (Intermediate horseshoe bat) Horsfield, 1823
(range: Indonesia, Malaysia, Sumba, Andaman, Sri Lanka, Southern China)
- Rhinolophus alcyone (Halcton horseshoe bat) Temminck, 1852
(range: Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, SW.Sudan, N.Zaire, Gabon, Bioko)
- Rhinolophus anderseni (Anderson's horseshoe bat) Cabrera, 1909
(range: Philippines-Luzon, Palawan)
- Rhinolophus arcuatus (Arcuate horseshoe bat) Peters, 1871
(range: Philippines, Flores Sea (Wetter Island), Sumatra, Sarawak)
- Rhinolophus blasii (Blasius' horseshoe bat) Peters, 1867
(range: Europe, SW.Asia, Afghanistan, Caucasus, Morocco, Tunisia, Eritrea, N. Africa)
- Rhinolophus borneensis (Bornean horseshoe bat) Peters, 1861
(range: N.Borneo, Labuan Island, Banguey Island, Karimata Island, S.Natuna Islands, Kampuchea, Vietnam, Java, Bali, Timor, Sulawesi)
- Rhinolophus canuti (Canut's horseshoe bat)
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- Rhinolophus capensis (Cape horseshoe bat) Lichtenstein, 1823
(range: South Africa-Cape of Good Hope, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
- Rhinolophus celebensis (Sulawesi horseshoe bat)
(range: South Africa)
- Rhinolophus clivosus (Geoffroy's horseshoe bat) Cretzschmar, 1828
(range: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Africa (savanna zone south of Sahara), Algeria, Turkestan, NE.Iran, N.Afghanistan)
- Rhinolophus cognatus (Kindred horseshoe bat) K. Andersen, 1906
(range: Andaman Island)
- Rhinolophus creaghi (Creagh's horseshoe bat) Thomas, 1896
(range: Borneo, Madura Island, Java, Timor)
- Rhinolophus darlingi (Darling's horseshoe bat) K. Andersen, 1905
(range: Transvaal, Namibia, S.Angola, N.Botswana, W.Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)
- Rhinolophus deckenii (Decken's horseshoe bat) Peters, 1868
(range: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Pemba, Zanzibar)
- Rhinolophus denti (Dent's horseshoe bat) Thomas, 1904
(range: N.Cape Prov., Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Guinea)
- Rhinolophus eloquens (Eloquent horseshoe bat) K. Andersen, 1905
(range: Uganda, S.Somalia, S.Sudan, NE.Zaire, Kenya, Rwanda, N.Tanzania, Pemba, Zanzibar)
- Rhinolophus euryale (Mediterranean horseshoe bat) Blasius, 1853
(range: S.Europe, N.Africa, Turkestan, Iran)
- Rhinolophus euryotis (Broad eared horseshoe bat) Temminck, 1835
(range: Aru, Buru, Amboina, Seram, Timor Laut, Kei, Batchian, New Guinea, Bismark archipelago, Sulawesi)
- Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Greater horseshoe bat) Schreber, 1774
(range: Europe, UK, N.Africa, S.Palearctic, Japan)