
Cape Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus capensis
Also known as: Southern Africa Horseshoe Bat
Habitat
Aerial
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Nocturnal
Size
13 g
LCMammaliaChiropteraRhinolophidae
Seasonal Activity
12 sightings · 2002–2024
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Rhinolophidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Aerial
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Body mass
- 13 g
Photo
(c) Martina Hölzl, Littlewood Wildlife Photography, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martina Hölzl, Littlewood Wildlife Photography
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Occurrence data from GBIF.