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horseshoe bat

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horseshoe bat
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous large-eared Old World insectivorous bats, mostly of the genus Rhinolophus, with a fleshy growth around the nostrils, used in echolocation: family Rhinolophidae
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Noun1.horseshoe bathorseshoe bat - any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
leaf-nosed bat, leafnose bat - bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
genus Hipposideros, Hipposideros - horseshoe bats
2.horseshoe bat - a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
leaf-nosed bat, leafnose bat - bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
family Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophidae - Old World leaf-nosed bats


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Scientists from Shandong University in China studying the rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rouxi) found that the thin flaps of skin around the bats' nostrils, called "nose leaves," improve echolocation.
A nose for sight by Hennessey, Gail / Science World
Recently, we and another group independently identified several horseshoe bat species (genus Rhinolophus) as the reservoir host for a large number of viruses that have a close genetic relationship with the coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Review of bats and SARS by Eaton, Bryan T. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
On two Indonesian islands, three groups of the large-eared horseshoe bat hunt in the same forests but rely on different sound frequencies to detect insect prey, says Tigga Kingston of Boston University.
Well-tuned bats: these animals are what they hear by Milius, S. / Science News
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