Mehely's horseshoe bat

Mehely's horseshoe bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. mehelyi
Binomial name
Rhinolophus mehelyi
Matschie, 1901
Mehely's horseshoe bat range

Mehely's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus mehelyi) is a species of insectivorous bat in the family Rhinolophidae found in Southern Europe and parts of the Middle East. It is distributed in a narrow band around the Mediterranean Sea from North-Western Africa across Portugal, Spain, the Balearics, southern France, Sardinia, Sicily and the Balkan Peninsula to Asia Minor.[2]

  1. ^ Alcaldé, J.; Benda, P.; Juste, J. (2016). "Rhinolophus mehelyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19519A21974380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19519A21974380.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Rhinolophus mehelyi", Science for Nature Foundation