Mitred Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus mitratus)
The Mitred Horseshoe Bat is a very enigmatic species only known from the type that was collected in 1844 somewhere in Jharkhand, India.
The species might indeed be still around and may be rediscovered some day, but until that happens it should be mentioned in here.
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edited: 19.09.2020
Tag Archives: Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus cornutus ssp. miyakonis Kuroda
Miyakojima Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus cornutus ssp. miyakonis)
The Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus cornutus Temminck) seems to be endemic to Japan where it appears to be quite widespread and can be split into several subspecies.
The Miyakojima Horseshoe Bat inhabited the Miyako Islands group in the southern Ryukyu Islands chain, it was last seen in 1971 and is now apparently extinct.
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edited: 19.09.2020