Rhinolophus refulgens, or the glossy horseshoe bat, is a species of horseshoe bat in the genus Rhinolophus and the family Rhinolophidae described by Knud Andersen in 1905.[1][2]
| Rhinolophus refulgens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinolophidae |
| Genus: | Rhinolophus |
| Species: | R. refulgens
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinolophus refulgens Andersen, 1905
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Roosting
editThese bats like to roost in caves, boulder crevices, and man-made structures such as tunnels.[3]
Range
editRhinolophus refulgens can be found in peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and from Singapore to Sumatra.
Diet
editThese bats feed on insects at night.
References
edit- ^ "Rhinolophus refulgens K. Andersen 1905 - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Rhinolophus refulgens K. Andersen, 1905". Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ "Glossy Horseshoe Bat - Rhinolophus refulgens". www.ecologyasia.com. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
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