Species Rhinolophus hildebrandtii Peters, 1878 (Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Rhinolophidae
  • ----- species: Rhinolophus hildebrandtii
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 11cm, wing-span: 39cm; characteristic facial structure with main nose-leaf base in shape of a horseshoe; large ears with pronounced skin fold at the base
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 58
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/28532802
Date: 2014-03-22
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License

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