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Francis's Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Bats

Rhinolophus francisi

Basic stats

Diet

Flying insects

Habitat

Forest interior

Range

Borneo (Sabah, Kalimantan), with a record from Thailand

Litter size

1 pup (typical for horseshoe bats)

Gestation period

About 7–10 weeks (typical for horseshoe bats)

Size

Medium horseshoe bat (forearm ~53–55mm)

Weight

Not well documented

A member of the Rhinolophus trifoliatus group described in 2015 from a specimen collected in Sabah in 1983, and named in honour of bat researcher Charles M. Francis.

Known from only a handful of records across Borneo and one in Thailand, closely resembling the more familiar Trefoil Horseshoe Bat in size and echolocation call frequency.

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