Halcyon Horseshoe Bat

Taxobox
name = Halcyon Horseshoe Bat


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Rhinolophidae
genus = "Rhinolophus"
species = "R. alcyone"
binomial = "Rhinolophus alcyone"
binomial_authority = Temminck, 1852
synonyms = The Halcyon Horseshoe Bat ("Rhinolophus alcyone") is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, possibly Gabon, and possibly Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves). It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W. & Taylor, P. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19523/all Rhinolophus alcyone] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.