RHINOLOPHIDAE, Gray, 1825
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3748525 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3808884 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/885887A2-FFCF-8A29-FE0B-FDEEF5BBDF21 |
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Plazi |
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RHINOLOPHIDAE |
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Family RHINOLOPHIDAE View in CoL
(HORSESHOE BATS)
• Relatively small to medium-sized insectivorous bats with ornate facial growths including horseshoe-shaped plate between mouth and nares and ears without tragus.
• 5-16- 5 cm.
• Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Australasian Regions.
• Deserts, forests, and mountainous areas, mainly tropical but extending into temperate regions to c. 52° N.
• 1 genus, 109 species, 199 taxa.
• 1 species Critically Endangered, 6 species Endangered, 6 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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