Cape Horseshoe Bat

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Cape Horseshoe Bat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Rhinolophidae
Genus:	Rhinolophus
Species:	R. capensis
Binomial name
*Rhinolophus capensis* Lichtenstein, 1823

Cape Horseshoe Bat range

The Cape Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus capensis) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves). It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W. & Taylor, P. 2004. Rhinolophus capensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v d e Extant species of family Rhinolophidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria · Order: Chiroptera

Rhinolophus	Acuminate Horseshoe Bat (R. acuminatus) · Adam's Horseshoe Bat (R. adami) · Intermediate Horseshoe Bat (R. affinis) · Halcyon Horseshoe Bat (R. alcyone) · Arcuate Horseshoe Bat (R. arcuatus) · Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat (R. beddomei) · Blasius's Horseshoe Bat (R. blasii) · Bokhara Horseshoe Bat (R. bocharicus) · Bornean Horseshoe Bat (R. borneensis) · Canut's Horseshoe Bat (R. canuti) · *Cape Horseshoe Bat (R. capensis)* · Sulawesi Horseshoe Bat (R. celebensis) · Chiewkwee's Horseshoe Bat (R. chiewkweeae) · Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat (R. clivosus) · Croslet Horseshoe Bat (R. coelophyllus) · Andaman Horseshoe Bat (R. cognatus) · Convex Horseshoe Bat (R. convexus) · Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat (R. cornutus) · Creagh's Horseshoe Bat (R. creaghi) · Darling's Horseshoe Bat (R. darlingi) · Decken's Horseshoe Bat (R. deckenii) · Dent's Horseshoe Bat (R. denti) · Eloquent Horseshoe Bat (R. eloquens) · Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat (R. euryale) · Broad-eared Horseshoe Bat (R. euryotis) · Greater Horseshoe Bat (R. ferrumequinum) · Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat (R. formosae) · Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat (R. fumigatus) · Guinean Horseshoe Bat (R. guineensis) · Hildebrandt's Horseshoe Bat (R. hildebrandti) · Hill's Horseshoe Bat (R. hilli) · Upland Horseshoe Bat (R. hillorum) · Lesser Horseshoe Bat (R. hipposideros) · R. huananus · Imaizumi's Horseshoe Bat (R. imaizumii) · Philippine Forest Horseshoe Bat (R. inops) · Insular Horseshoe Bat (R. keyensis) · Lander's Horseshoe Bat (R. landeri) · Blyth's Horseshoe Bat (R. lepidus) · Woolly Horseshoe Bat (R. luctus) · Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat (R. maclaudi) · Big-eared Horseshoe Bat (R. macrotis) · Madura Horseshoe Bat (R. madurensis) · Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat (R. maendeleo) · Malayan Horseshoe Bat (R. malayanus) · Marshall's Horseshoe Bat (R. marshalli) · Smaller Horseshoe Bat (R. megaphyllus) · Mehely's Horseshoe Bat (R. mehelyi) · R. microglobosus · Mitred Horseshoe Bat (R. mitratus) · Formosan Lesser Horseshoe Bat (R. monoceros) · Timorese Horseshoe Bat (R. montanus) · Neriad Horseshoe Bat (R. nereis) · Osgood's Horseshoe Bat (R. osgoodi) · Bourret's Horseshoe Bat (R. paradoxolophus) · Pearson's Horseshoe Bat (R. pearsonii) · Large-eared Horseshoe Bat (R. philippinensis) · Least Horseshoe Bat (R. pusillus) · King Horseshoe Bat (R. rex) · Peninsular Horseshoe Bat (R. robinsoni) · Rufous Horseshoe Bat (R. rouxii) · Large Rufous Horseshoe Bat (R. rufus) · Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat (R. ruwenzorii) · Sakeji Horseshoe Bat (R. sakejiensis) · Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat (R. sedulus) · Shamel's Horseshoe Bat (R. shameli) · Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat (R. shortridgei) · Thai Horseshoe Bat (R. siamensis) · Forest Horseshoe Bat (R. silvestris) · Bushveld Horseshoe Bat (R. simulator) · Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat (R. sinicus) · Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat (R. stheno) · Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat (R. subbadius) · Small Rufous Horseshoe Bat (R. subrufus) · Swinny's Horseshoe Bat (R. swinnyi) · R. thailandensis · Thomas's Horseshoe Bat (R. thomasi) · Trefoil Horseshoe Bat (R. trifoliatus) · Yellow-faced Horseshoe Bat (R. virgo) · R. xinanzhongguoensis · Dobson's Horseshoe Bat (R. yunanensis) · Ziama Horseshoe Bat (R. ziama)