Mammals of the WorldIntermediate Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus affinis
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Rhinolophidae
- Genus
- Rhinolophus
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- India|Nepal|Bhutan|Bangladesh|Myanmar|China|Thailand|Laos|Vietnam|Cambodia?|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya|Australasia|Palearctic
About this species
- Size
- Total length 58–63mm; forearm 46–56mm
- Weight
- About 12–15g
- Habitat
- Recorded at 290–2,000m
- Range
- Indian subcontinent, southern and central China and Southeast Asia, including Nepal
The intermediate horseshoe bat is a horseshoe bat that is very widespread through much of the Indian subcontinent, southern and central China and Southeast Asia. It has a total length of 58 to 63mm and a forearm of 46 to 56mm, and weighs roughly 12 to 15g. It has been found at elevations of 290 to 2,000m (Wikipedia, general species account).
It occurs from India and China through Southeast Asia, with Nepal among the countries named, and its range reaches east to the Lesser Sunda Islands and Java. The source opened gives no roosting, diet or breeding information, so none is stated, and the entry is kept thin. Nationally Least Concern (Nepal National Red List 2011).
Description: Wildlife of Nepal guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)