Shortridge's horseshoe bat

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

Shortridge's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus shortridgei) is a species of Horseshoe bat native to Northeast India, northern Myanmar, and southern China. It was first described in 1918 by Knud Andersen, and was considered a subspecies of Blyth's horseshoe bat until 2003 when the two species were collected in sympatry.[2]

  1. ^ Sun, K. (2020). "Rhinolophus shortridgei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T136631A21987430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136631A21987430.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Csorba, G.; Ujhelyi, P.; Thomas, P. (2003). Horseshoe Bats of the World: (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Alana Books. ISBN 9780953604913.