Timorese horseshoe bat

Timorese horseshoe bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Zatheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Microchiroptera
Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea
Family: Rhinolophidae
Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: R. montanus
Binomial name
Rhinolophus montanus
Goodwin, 1979
Timorese horseshoe bat's range

The Timorese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus montanus) is a species of bat native to Timor-Leste. Only a single holotype of the Timorese horseshoe bat has ever been collected, so information regarding the species is limited. [1]

Habitat

The specimen was collected from a cave in Timor-Leste, about 1,220 meters above sea level.[1]

Conservation status

There are no known threats to the survival of the Timorese horseshoe bat. However, there have been few studies conducted on the bat, and it may already be extinct due to environmental threats on Timor-Leste.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "IUCN". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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