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abundant than is presently apparent, but currently, fewer than a hundred colonies are known from West Africa and fewer than two hundred from
Southern Africa. The population trend for this bat is unknown, but it faces no particular threats other than the possible disturbance of its roosting sites, and the
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Dent's horseshoe bat has two distinct populations separated by a gap of hundreds of kilometres. One is in West Africa, in
Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Ghana, the other in southern Africa; southern Angola, Namibia, western Botswana, western Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. It may well be more
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Dent's horseshoe bat is a small species measuring about 7 cm (2.8 in) in length and weighing 6 g (0.2 oz). The fur is long and silky, light brown or grey on the upper parts and paler underneath. The wings are brown with white margins.
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Dent's horseshoe bat is a colonial species which roosts in groups varying from a few individuals to over a hundred. The roosts are usually in cool, humid caves. The bats have the ability to enter a state of
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865:Philippine forest horseshoe bat
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1644:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
1276:Little Nepalese horseshoe bat
1029:Formosan lesser horseshoe bat
777:Formosan woolly horseshoe bat
687:Little Japanese horseshoe bat
1246:Chinese rufous horseshoe bat
1186:Lesser woolly horseshoe bat
807:Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat
747:Mediterranean horseshoe bat
550:Lesser woolly horseshoe bat
194:Dent's horseshoe bat range
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1340:Yellow-faced horseshoe bat
1286:Small rufous horseshoe bat
1266:Lesser brown horseshoe bat
1206:Shortridge's horseshoe bat
1156:Large rufous horseshoe bat
520:Intermediate horseshoe bat
1604:Mammals described in 1904
1099:Large-eared horseshoe bat
757:Broad-eared horseshoe bat
637:Chiewkwee's horseshoe bat
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257:country and it roosts in
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24:Dent's horseshoe bat
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1256:Smithers's horseshoe bat
1136:Peninsular horseshoe bat
1049:Mozambican horseshoe bat
975:Marshall's horseshoe bat
915:Mount Mabu horseshoe bat
848:Imaizumi's horseshoe bat
647:Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
1634:Mammals of South Africa
1166:Ruwenzori horseshoe bat
1089:Pearson's horseshoe bat
1079:Bourret's horseshoe bat
955:Maendeleo horseshoe bat
935:Big-eared horseshoe bat
925:Maclaud's horseshoe bat
787:Rüppell's horseshoe bat
707:Darling's horseshoe bat
567:Blasius's horseshoe bat
500:Acuminate horseshoe bat
1624:Mammals of West Africa
1357:Dobson's horseshoe bat
1320:Thomas's horseshoe bat
1296:Swinny's horseshoe bat
1236:Bushveld horseshoe bat
1196:Shamel's horseshoe bat
1069:Osgood's horseshoe bat
1039:Timorese horseshoe bat
1002:Mehely's horseshoe bat
885:Lander's horseshoe bat
737:Eloquent horseshoe bat
717:Decken's horseshoe bat
697:Creagh's horseshoe bat
627:Sulawesi horseshoe bat
1351:R. xinanzhongguoensis
1330:Trefoil horseshoe bat
992:Smaller horseshoe bat
965:Malayan horseshoe bat
895:Blyth's horseshoe bat
875:Insular horseshoe bat
797:Guinean horseshoe bat
767:Greater horseshoe bat
667:Andaman horseshoe bat
657:Croslet horseshoe bat
607:Cohen's horseshoe bat
597:Canut's horseshoe bat
587:Bornean horseshoe bat
577:Bokhara horseshoe bat
540:Arcuate horseshoe bat
530:Halcyon horseshoe bat
379:Strzelec, J. (2009).
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1226:Forest horseshoe bat
1176:Sakeji horseshoe bat
1146:Rufous horseshoe bat
1059:Neriad horseshoe bat
1019:Mitred horseshoe bat
945:Madura horseshoe bat
905:Woolly horseshoe bat
831:Lesser horseshoe bat
727:Dent's horseshoe bat
677:Convex horseshoe bat
510:Adam's horseshoe bat
389:Animal Diversity Web
249:. The bat's natural
201:Dent's horseshoe bat
1639:Mammals of Zimbabwe
1619:Mammals of Botswana
1367:Ziama horseshoe bat
1116:Least horseshoe bat
31:Conservation status
1629:Mammals of Namibia
1216:Thai horseshoe bat
1126:King horseshoe bat
617:Cape horseshoe bat
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1427:Rhinolophus denti
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1389:Taxon identifiers
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1103:R. philippinensis
1083:R. paradoxolophus
383:Rhinolophus denti
334:Rhinolophus denti
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1421:Wikispecies
1290:R. subrufus
1120:R. pusillus
1043:R. montanus
1023:R. mitratus
939:R. macrotis
929:R. maclaudi
879:R. keyensis
842:R. huananus
825:R. hillorum
781:R. formosae
761:R. euryotis
741:R. eloquens
721:R. deckenii
711:R. darlingi
691:R. cornutus
681:R. convexus
671:R. cognatus
651:R. clivosus
621:R. capensis
554:R. beddomei
544:R. arcuatus
491:Rhinolophus
394:27 November
361:17 November
290:Rhinolophus
265:Description
139:Rhinolophus
1588:Categories
1324:R. thomasi
1300:R. swinnyi
1250:R. sinicus
1200:R. shameli
1190:R. sedulus
1073:R. osgoodi
1006:R. mehelyi
899:R. lepidus
889:R. landeri
751:R. euryale
701:R. creaghi
611:R. cohenae
534:R. alcyone
524:R. affinis
480:Chiroptera
314:References
118:Chiroptera
1270:R. stheno
1150:R. rouxii
1063:R. nereis
909:R. luctus
601:R. canuti
571:R. blasii
448:Kingdom:
146:Species:
84:Kingdom:
78:Eukaryota
1545:13800519
1493:10233938
1412:Q1765137
1406:Wikidata
1371:R. ziama
1344:R. virgo
1307:R. tatar
1160:R. rufus
869:R. inops
818:R. hilli
731:R. denti
514:R. adami
468:Eutheria
462:Mammalia
456:Chordata
454:Phylum:
450:Animalia
255:savannah
253:are dry
251:habitats
247:Zimbabwe
223:Botswana
124:Family:
108:Mammalia
98:Chordata
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88:Animalia
74:Domain:
51:IUCN 3.1
1532:1004679
1467:2432651
478:Order:
460:Class:
274:Ecology
239:Namibia
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1571:759458
1558:608656
1506:631426
1454:328767
1130:R. rex
297:Status
281:torpor
245:, and
231:Guinea
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