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title: "Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat"
description: "Rhinolophus sinicus — Mammiferi. The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chinese-rufous-horseshoe-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat

> Rhinolophus sinicus — Mammiferi. The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae.

- Scientific name: *Rhinolophus sinicus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 122
- Wikidata: [Q1767536](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767536)
- iNaturalist taxon: [75023](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/75023)

## Names

- en: Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat
- de: Chinesische Hufeisennase

## Countries with the most observations

HK (53), CN (27), NP (3)

## Summary

The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Bhutan,  China, India, Nepal, and Vietnam.
The species is most easily confused with R. affinis, from which it is best distinguished by its straight-sided lancet and the relatively short second phalanx of the third digit (< 66% of the length of the metacarpal; Csorba et al. 2003).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_rufous_horseshoe_bat

## Photo

![Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chinese-rufous-horseshoe-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.MAM.33160.b_ven_-_Rhinolophus_sinicus_-_skin.jpeg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chinese-rufous-horseshoe-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).