Rhinolophus hipposideros

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,218 meters (0 to 10,558 feet).[1]

Ecology: Forages close to ground within and along the edges of broadleaf deciduous woodland, riparian vegetation, Mediterranean and sub-mediterranean shrubland. Feeds mainly on midges, moths and craneflies. Summer roosts (breeding colonies): natural and artificial underground sites in the southern part of the range , attics and buildings in the northern part. Winter: hibernates in underground sites (including cellars, small caves and burrows). Sedentary , winter and summer roosts usually within 5-10 km (longest distance recorded 153 km: Heymer 1964 in Hutterer et al. 2005).[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.7     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     7     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)   
  
•     7.1     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves   
  
•     7.2     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Other Subterranean Habitats   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rhinolophus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 85 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. acuminatus (Accuminate Horseshoe Bat) · R. adami (Adam's Horseshoe Bat) · R. affinis (Intermediate Horseshoe Bat) · R. alcyone (Halcyon Horseshoe Bat) · R. anderseni (Andersen's Horseshoe Bat) · R. arcuatus (Arcuate Horseshoe Bat) · R. beddomei (Beddome's Horseshoe Bat) · R. blasii (BLASIUS' HORSESHOE BAT) · R. bocharicus (Bokhara Horseshoe Bat) · R. borneensis (Bornean Horseshoe Bat) · R. canuti (Canut's Horseshoe Bat) · R. capensis (Cape Horseshoe Bat) · R. celebensis (Sulawesi Horseshoe Bat) · R. clivosus (Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat) · R. coelophyllus (Croslet Horseshoe Bat) · R. cognatus (Andaman Horseshoe Bat) · R. convexus (Convex Horseshoe Bat) · R. cornutus (Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat) · R. cornutus cornutus (Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat) · R. creaghi (Creagh's Horseshoe Bat) · R. darlingi (Darling's Horseshoe Bat) · R. deckenii (Decken's Horseshoe Bat) · R. denti (Dent's Horseshoe Bat) · R. eloquens (Eloquent Horseshoe Bat) · R. euryale (Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat) · R. euryotis (New Guinea Horseshoe Bat) · R. ferrumequinum (Greater Horseshoe Bat) · R. formosae (Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat) · R. fumigatus (Rueppell's Horseshoe Bat) · R. guineensis (Guinean Horseshoe Bat) · R. hildebrandti (Hildebrandt's Horseshoe Bat) · R. hilli (Hill's Horseshoe Bat) · R. hillorum (Upland Horseshoe Bat) · R. hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. hipposideros hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. imaizumii (Imaizumi's Horseshoe Bat) · R. inops (Philippine Forest Horseshoe Bat) · R. keyensis (Kai Horseshoe Bat) · R. landeri (Lander's Horseshoe Bat) · R. lepidus (Blyth's Horseshoe Bat) · R. luctus (Great Woolly Horsehoe Bat) · R. maclaudi (Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat) · R. macrotis (Big-Eared Horseshoe Bat) · R. madurensis (Madura Horseshoe Bat) · R. maendeleo (Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat) · R. malayanus (North Malayan Horseshoe Bat) · R. marshalli (Marshall's Horseshoe Bat) · R. megaphyllus (Eastern Horseshoe Bat) · R. megaphyllus megaphyllus (Smaller Horseshoe Bat) · R. mehelyi (Mehely's Horseshoe Bat) · R. mehelyi mehelyi (Mehely's Horseshoe Bat) · R. mitratus (Mitred Horseshow Bat) · R. monoceros (Formosan Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. montanus (Timorese Horseshoe Bat) · R. nereis (Anamban Horseshoe Bat) · R. osgoodi (Osgood's Horseshoe Bat) · R. paradoxolophus (Bourret's Horseshoe Bat) · R. pearsoni (Pearson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. pearsonii (Horseshoe Bats) · R. philippinensis (Philippines Horseshoe Bat) · R. pusillus (Least Horseshoe Bat) · R. rex (King Horseshoe Bat) · R. robinsoni (Robinson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. rouxi (Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. rouxii (Horseshoe Bats) · R. rufus (Large Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. ruwenzorii (Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat) · R. sakejiensis (Sakeji Horseshoe Bat) · R. sedulus (Lesser Wooly Horseshoe Bat) · R. shameli (Shamel's Horseshoe Bat) · R. shortridgei (Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat) · R. siamensis (Thai Horseshoe Bat) · R. silvestris (Forest Horseshoe Bat) · R. simplex (Lombok Horseshoe Bat) · R. simulator (Bushveld Horseshoe Bat) · R. sinicus (Chinese Horseshoe Bat) · R. stheno (Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat) · R. subbadius (Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat) · R. subrufus (Small Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. swinnyi (Swinny's Horseshoe Bat) · R. thomasi (Thomas's Horseshoe Bat) · R. trifoliatus (Trefoil Horseshoe Bat) · R. virgo (Yellow-Faced Horseshoe Bat) · R. yunanensis (Dobson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. ziama (Ziama Horseshoe Bat)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D., Taylor, P.J., Aulagnier, S., Juste, J., Spitzenberger, F. & Hutson, A.M. 2008. Rhinolophus hipposideros. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Texas Tech University
• , Mammal specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Batsites inventory for Britain
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104287
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631434
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2494622
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631434
• IUCN ID: 239563
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 9213

Footnotes

1. Mean = 187.700 meters (615.814 feet), Standard Deviation = 266.410 based on 10,383 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D., Taylor, P.J., Aulagnier, S., Juste, J., Spitzenberger, F. & Hutson, A.M. 2008. Rhinolophus hipposideros. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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