Rhinolophus yongyuthi Mein and Ginsburg 1997 (horseshoe bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae

Full reference: P. Mein and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Les mammiferes du gisement miocene inferieure de Li Mae Long, Thailande; Systematique biostratigraphie et paleoenvironment. Geodiversitas 19(4):783-844

Belongs to Rhinolophus according to P. Mein and L. Ginsburg 1997

Sister taxa: Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus borneensis, Rhinolophus clivosus, Rhinolophus contrarius, Rhinolophus csakvarensis, Rhinolophus dehmi, Rhinolophus delphinensis, Rhinolophus estramontis, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus hanaki, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus kowalskii, Rhinolophus lemanensis, Rhinolophus macrorhinus, Rhinolophus pleistocaenicus, Rhinolophus postdelphinensis, Rhinolophus priscus, Rhinolophus pumilio, Rhinolophus rouxii, Rhinolophus wenzensis

Type specimen: T Li 143, a tooth (M/2). Its type locality is Li Mae Long, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial horizon in Thailand.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Li Mae Long

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