Cape Horseshoe Bat

Cape Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus capensis

Also known as: Southern Africa Horseshoe Bat

Predict Sightings

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.