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| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal | author = Bates, P. | author2 = Csorba, G. | author3 = Molur, S. | author4 = Srinivasulu, C. | last-author-amp = yes | title = ''Rhinolophus rouxii'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2008 | page = e.T19563A8978159 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2008 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/19563/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19563A8978159.en | access-date = 15 December 2017}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite journal|last1=Srinivasulu|first1=C.|last2=Srinivasulu|first2=B.|year=2019|title=Rhinolophus rouxii|journal=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2019|page=e.T84379218A21995537|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84379218/21995537}}
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| genus = Rhinolophus
| genus = Rhinolophus
| species = rouxii
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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]].
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]].

==Description==
Head and body length 7–9&nbsp;cm. Forearms 5&nbsp;cm. Wingspan is 28–31&nbsp;cm. Weight 11–14&nbsp;g.

Color is highly variable. The pelage is soft and silky. Generally it is reddish brown with the underside lighter. The nose-leaf, is prominent, complex. Large ears lack a [[Tragus (ear)|tragus]].

==Culture==
Known as බොරත් අස් ලාඩම් වවුලා (bo-rath as-laadam wawula) in Sinhala.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:44, 12 December 2019

Rufous horseshoe bat
Male in breeding season
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

References

  1. ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2019). "Rhinolophus rouxii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T84379218A21995537.