Rufous horseshoe bat: Difference between revisions

Rufous horseshoe bat
	Male in breeding season
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Rhinolophidae
Genus:	Rhinolophus
Species:	R. rouxii
Binomial name
	Rhinolophus rouxii; Temminck, 1835
	Rufous horseshoe bat range

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The rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rouxii) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.

It has been identified as a vector of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1) that caused the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak.

This Rhinolophidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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 The '''rufous horseshoe bat''' ('''''Rhinolophus rouxii''''') is a species of [[bat]] in the family [[Rhinolophidae]]. It is found in [[China]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Vietnam]].
-It has been identified as a [[Vector_(epidemiology)|vector]] of [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] coronavirus (SARS-CoV or [[SARS-CoV-1]]) that caused the [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak]].
+It has been identified as a [[Vector (epidemiology)|vector]] of [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] coronavirus (SARS-CoV or [[SARS-CoV-1]]) that caused the [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak]].
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