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<p> <em>Rhinolophus euryale</em> (Blasius, 1853)</p>

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  • Mediterranean horseshoe bat

  • Rhinolophus euryale (Blasius, 1853)

  • Rhinolophidae

  • It is a bat with long, brown fur, horseshoe-shaped nose and large ears. When hibernates does not involved itself completely in the wings. Its body can measure 5 cm in length and tail  with 2.6 cm and weighs 12 g.

  • Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Nature Park

    Serra de S. Mamede Nature Park

    Sintra-Cascais Nature Park

  • Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

    Alentejo

  • Critically endangered

  • The Mediterranean horseshoe bat is predominantly a cave bat, finding shelter in caves, chasms, mines, and less frequently in buildings. It hunts mainly in areas with dense vegetation, with a developed arboreal covering, such as riparian galleries, hedges and woods, and deciduous forests.

  • Spring, Summer and Autumn. However is is difficult to see because it is a rare specie with nocturnal activity.

  • The Mediterranean horseshoe bat feeds on nocturnal butterflies, mosquitoes and beetles, which it captures during flight.

  • It is estimated that the Portuguese population of this species is inferior to a thousand individuals (Source The Red Book of Portuguese Vertebrates, 2005).