Great woolly horseshoe bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great woolly horseshoe bat lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhinolophus luctus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Rhinolophidae

Where does the great woolly horseshoe bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great woolly horseshoe bat in 5 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 great woolly horseshoe bat endangered?

The great woolly 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 great woolly horseshoe bat?

The great woolly horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus luctus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Rhinolophidae, genus Rhinolophus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great woolly horseshoe bat

The great woolly horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus luctus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae.

It is endemic to Southeast Asia. The northern woolly horseshoe bat (R. perniger), Malaysian woolly horseshoe bat (R. morio), and Andersen's woolly horseshoe bat (R. foetidus) were previously classified in this species but have since been reclassified as their own species, and other populations have been described as distinct species of their own: the Selangor woolly horseshoe bat (R. luctoides).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great woolly horseshoe bat (revision 1329245964), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1763690 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).