Blyth's horseshoe bat

Blyth's horseshoe bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: R. lepidus
Binomial name
Rhinolophus lepidus
Blyth, 1844
Blyth's Horseshoe Bat range

Blyth's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus lepidus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae.

It is found across southern Asia from Afghanistan to Vietnam.

The species can be identified from its pointed, bifid sella.

The Blyth's horseshoe bat population on Tioman Island, Malaysia, is known to fly and hunt in the forest during the day and night.[2] It is thought that these bats can forage during the day owing to the absence of resident avian predators in the forest there.

References

  1. ↑ Bumrungsri, S.; Francis, C. & Csorba, G. (2008). "Rhinolophus lepidus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T19547A8971569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19547A8971569.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Chua, M.A.H.; Aziz, S.A. (2018). "Into the light: atypical diurnal foraging activity of Blyth's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus lepidus (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) on Tioman Island, Malaysia". Mammalia. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2017-0128.


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