Peninsular Horseshoe Bat

The Peninsular horseshoe bat or Robinson's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus robinsoni) is a species of horseshoe bat found in Malaysia and Thailand. The name "horseshoe bat" derives from the distinctive horseshoe-shaped flaps at the lower part of its nose-leaf. Taxonomy The peninsular horseshoe bat was first described as a new species by Knud Andersen in 1918, which he placed in the megaphyllus species group.

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Los murciélagos de herradura del género Rhinolophus, del griego clásico ῥίς (rhís), "nariz", y λόφος (lóphos), "cresta", constituyen el único exponente de la subfamilia Rhinolophinae, nombrada por John Edward Gray (1800 - 1875), en 1825. Especies Rhinolophus acuminatus, Peters, 1871. Rhinolophus adami, Aellen y Brosset, 1968.