Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat

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Shortridge's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus shortridgei) is a species of Horseshoe bat native to Northeast India, northern Myanmar, and southern China. It was first described in 1918 by Knud Andersen, and was considered a subspecies of Blyth's horseshoe bat until 2003 when the two species were collected in sympatry. Description It is of medium size with a long mandible and a nose leaf which does not completely cover its nostril.

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.