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Homfray's horseshoe bat

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Homfray's horseshoe bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. andamanensis
Binomial name
Rhinolophus andamanensis
(Dobson, 1872)

Homfray's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus andamanensis) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands.

It is a medium-sized bat, with forearms of 46.7–56.6 mm. It was previously considered a subspecies of the intermediate horseshoe bat (R. affinis), from which it was separated based on morphometric, acoustic and molecular phylogeny criteria.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Vincenot, Christian; Srinivasulu, Chelmala; Srinivasulu, Aditya; Srinivasulu, Bhargavi; Jones, Gareth (2019). "Integrated approaches to identifying cryptic bat species in areas of high endemism: The case of Rhinolophus andamanensis in the Andaman Islands". PLOS ONE. 14 (10): e0213562. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1413562S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213562. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6786537. PMID 31600196.