Biology:Pearson's horseshoe bat
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Short description: Species of bat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinolophidae |
| Genus: | Rhinolophus |
| Species: | R. pearsonii
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| Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851
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Pearson's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsonii) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China , India , Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
The species is named after John Thomas Pearson. Additionally it is a food source of the parasite Sinospelaeobdella, a jawed land leech.[2]
References
- ↑ Bates, P.J.J.; Bumrungsri, S.; Csorba, G.; Mao, X.G. (2019). "Rhinolophus pearsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T19559A21993105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T19559A21993105.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19559/21993105. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Huang, Taifu; Liu, Zhiwei; Gong, Xiaoyan; Wu, Tao; Liu, Hui; Deng, Jiaxin; Zhang, Youxiang; Peng, Qingzhong et al. (2019-02-25). "Vampire in the darkness: a new genus and species of land leech exclusively bloodsucking cave-dwelling bats from China (Hirudinda: Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipsidae)". Zootaxa 4560 (2): zootaxa.4560.2.2. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4560.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716579. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31716579/.
Wikidata ☰ Q957645 entry
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