Homfray's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus andamanensis) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands.
| Homfray's horseshoe bat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinolophidae |
| Genus: | Rhinolophus |
| Species: | R. andamanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinolophus andamanensis (Dobson, 1872) | |
It is a medium-sized bat, with forearms of 46.7–56.6 mm. It was previously considered a subspecies of the intermediate horseshoe bat (R. affinis), from which it was separated based on morphometric, acoustic and molecular phylogeny criteria.[1]
References
edit- ↑ Vincenot, Christian; Srinivasulu, Chelmala; Srinivasulu, Aditya; Srinivasulu, Bhargavi; Jones, Gareth (2019). "Integrated approaches to identifying cryptic bat species in areas of high endemism: The case of Rhinolophus andamanensis in the Andaman Islands". PLOS ONE. 14 (10) e0213562. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1413562S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213562. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6786537. PMID 31600196.
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