| Least horseshoe bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
See also
- Bats of Asia
- Bats of Southeast Asia
- List of mammals in Hong Kong
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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): zootaxa.4560.2.2. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4560.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716579. S2CID 92229405.
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