Family Rhinolophidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Chiroptera Genus Rhinolophus | |
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Similar Tise horseshoe bat, Thai horseshoe bat, Maendeleo horseshoe bat, Convex horseshoe bat, Sakeji horseshoe bat | ||
Shortridge's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus shortridgei) is a species of Horseshoe bat native to China, India and Burma. It was first described in 1918 by Knud Andersen, and was considered a subspecies of Blyth's horseshoe bat until 2003 when the two species were collected in Sympatry.
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Description
It is of medium size with a long mandible and a nose leaf which does not completely cover its nostril. It has brown fur with a relatively pale underside.
Range and conservation status
In China, the species is found in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi, Hubei, Hainan, Guangdong and Fujian provinces. It is also found in northern parts of India and in Burma. There is limited data on the habitat of R. shortridgei but specimens have been collected from a dipterocarp forest in Burma. Despite the lack of population data, IUCN has listed it as Least Concern due to its large range (greater than 20,000 km2).