Horseshoe Bats - Family: Rhinolophidae
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Eastern Horseshoe Bat - Rhinolophus megaphyllus
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Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
> Subclass: Theria (Live-bearing Mammals)
> Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental Mammals)
> Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, Carnivores and Allies)
> Order: Chiroptera (Bats)
> Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
> Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea (Rhinolophoid Bats)
> Family: Rhinolophidae (Horseshoe Bats)
> Genus: Rhinolophus
> Species: R. megaphyllus - Eastern Horseshoe Bat
References and links:
Churchill, Sue, (2008) Australian Bats 2nd Edition. Jacana Books, Crows Nest, N.S.W.
Richards, Greg and Hall, Les, (2012) A Natural History of Australian Bats, Working the Night Shift. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria.
Strahan, L. (Editor in Chief), (1983), The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife: The Complete Book of Australian Mammals, Angus and Robertson, Melbourne.
Van Dyck, Steve, Gynther, Ian. and Baker, Andrew. (2013) Field Companion to the Mammals of Australia, New Holland Publishers, Chatswood, N.S.W.
Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds), (1989). Fauna of Australia. Vol. 1B Mammalia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/eastern-horseshoe-bat/
https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/a117ced5-9a94-4586-afdb-1f333618e1e3/files/40-ind.pdf
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rhinolophus_megaphyllus/
Churchill, Sue, (2008) Australian Bats 2nd Edition. Jacana Books, Crows Nest, N.S.W.
Richards, Greg and Hall, Les, (2012) A Natural History of Australian Bats, Working the Night Shift. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria.
Strahan, L. (Editor in Chief), (1983), The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife: The Complete Book of Australian Mammals, Angus and Robertson, Melbourne.
Van Dyck, Steve, Gynther, Ian. and Baker, Andrew. (2013) Field Companion to the Mammals of Australia, New Holland Publishers, Chatswood, N.S.W.
Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds), (1989). Fauna of Australia. Vol. 1B Mammalia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/eastern-horseshoe-bat/
https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/a117ced5-9a94-4586-afdb-1f333618e1e3/files/40-ind.pdf
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rhinolophus_megaphyllus/
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