Lesser brown horseshoe bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the lesser brown horseshoe bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lesser brown horseshoe bat in 3 countries and territories across Asia.

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 lesser brown horseshoe bat endangered?

The lesser brown 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 lesser brown horseshoe bat?

The lesser brown horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus stheno) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Rhinolophidae, genus Rhinolophus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lesser brown horseshoe bat

The lesser brown horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus stheno) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in China, Indonesia (on Java and Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lesser brown horseshoe bat (revision 1373241106), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1762905 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).