Maendeleo horseshoe bat

Maendeleo horseshoe bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: R. maendeleo
Binomial name
Rhinolophus maendeleo
Kock, Csorba & Howell, 2000
Maendeleo horseshoe bat range

The Maendeleo horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus maendeleo) is a recently discovered species of bats in the family Rhinolophidae. It inhabits caves of the Coastal Lowland forests of Tanzania. Its closest relative Adam's horseshoe bat.

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