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Rhinolophus
Lacépède, 1799
- horseshoe bats
(mammal)
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Rhinolophidae (Family) - horseshoe bats
..†Palaeonycteris (Genus)
..Rhinolophinae (Subfamily)
..Rhinolophus (Genus) - horseshoe bats
....Rhinolophus adami species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus capensis species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus euryale species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus euryotis species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus ferrumequinum species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus fumigatus species group (Species group)
....†Rhinolophus hanaki (Species)
....Rhinolophus hipposideros species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus landeri species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus maclaudi species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus megaphyllus species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus pearsonii species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus philippinensis species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus pusillus species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus rouxii species group (Species group)
....Rhinolophus trifoliatus species group (Species group)
....†Rhinolophus wenzensis (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Lacépède, 1799:15.
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:
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:
Types
Type of
:
Rhinolophinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1825
Type, by original designation
:
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
(Schreber, 1774)
Synonyms
Including
:
Rhinomegalophus
(Genus)
Bourret, 1951
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 53.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
hoefijzerneusvleermuizen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
horseshoe bats
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