Chinese rufous horseshoe bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Chinese rufous horseshoe bat lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhinolophus sinicus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Rhinolophidae

Where does the Chinese rufous horseshoe bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Chinese rufous horseshoe bat in 3 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Chinese rufous horseshoe bat endangered?

The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Chinese rufous horseshoe bat?

The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Rhinolophidae, genus Rhinolophus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Chinese rufous horseshoe bat

The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Vietnam.

The species is most easily confused with R. affinis, from which it is best distinguished by its straight-sided lancet and the relatively short second phalanx of the third digit (< 66% of the length of the metacarpal; Csorba et al. 2003).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (revision 1329681507), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767536 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).