Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus cornutus

A smaller relative of the Greater Horseshoe Bat, with a complex nose-leaf used to emit ultrasound while hunting insects in flight. It hibernates and roosts in caves, and sites like Iwaizumi in Iwate and Saiko in Yamanashi are protected.

Scientific name: Rhinolophus cornutus
Group: Mammals
Prefectures: Iwate, Yamanashi
日本語: コキクガシラコウモリ
简体中文: 角菊头蝠

Natural Monuments related to the Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat

National Natural Monument

MammalsHabitat / breeding site

Iwaizumi Spring Cave and Its Bats

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus cornutus, Plecotus sacrimontis, Murina hilgendorfi, Myotis macrodactylus

Iwate

National Natural Monument

MammalsHabitat / breeding site

Saiko Bat Cave and Its Bats

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus cornutus, Plecotus sacrimontis, Pipistrellus abramus

Yamanashi

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Markers show designated habitats and breeding sites.

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The Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus cornutus) is protected as a Natural Monument of Japan (2 designations). A smaller relative of the…

The Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Iwate, Yamanashi.

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