Pearson's horseshoe 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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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851
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| Pearson's horseshoe bat range | |
Pearson's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsonii) is a species of
Rhinolophidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam
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The species is named after John Thomas Pearson. Additionally it is a food source of the parasite Sinospelaeobdella, a jawed land leech.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- S2CID 92229405.