Greater horseshoe bat  (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Chiroptera
Family Rhinolophidae
Genus Rhinolophus
Size Wingspan: 350 - 390 mm
Head-body length: 56 -70 mm
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Status

Classified as Endangered in the UK, listed under Appendix II of the Bonn Convention, Appendix II of the Berne Convention, Annexes II and IV of the EC Habitats Directive, Schedule 2 of the Conservation Regulations 1994 and protected in the UK under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (as amended).