Rhinolophus indorouxii
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| Rhinolophus indorouxii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinolophidae |
| Genus: | Rhinolophus |
| Species: | R. indorouxii |
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| Rhinolophus indorouxii Chattopadhyay, Garg, Kumar, Doss, Ramakrishnan, & Kandula, 2012 | |
Rhinolophus indorouxii is a species of horse-shoe bat in the family Rhinolophidae that is found in Southern India.
The species was initially thought to be a sub-population of R. rouxii rouxii, before being distinguished as a separate subspecies on the basis of acoustic and morphological differences between R. indorouxii and R. rouxii. R. indorouxii has a frequency of about 92.9-95.4 kHz, while R. indorouxii has a frequency of about 77.9-84.7 kHz. R. indorouxii also has a significantly larger forearm than R. rouxii. There is a genetic distance of about 8% between the two species.[2][1]