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title: "Greater Horseshoe Bat"
description: "Rhinolophus ferrumequinum — Mamíferos. The greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is an insectivorous bat of the genus Rhinolophus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/greater-horseshoe-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Horseshoe Bat

> Rhinolophus ferrumequinum — Mamíferos. The greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is an insectivorous bat of the genus Rhinolophus.

- Scientific name: *Rhinolophus ferrumequinum*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2243
- Wikidata: [Q737413](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737413)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40645](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40645)

## Names

- en: Greater Horseshoe Bat
- de: Große Hufeisennase
- es: Murciélago grande de herradura
- fr: Grand rhinolophe
- nl: Grote hoefijzerneus
- pl: Podkowiec duży

## Countries with the most observations

IT (439), FR (395), ES (239), HR (94), PT (94), GB (81), GR (58), RS (38), RU (31), TR (28), AL (26), AT (26)

## Summary

The greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is an insectivorous bat of the genus Rhinolophus. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats in Europe and is thus easily distinguished from other species. The species is sedentary, typically travelling up to 30 kilometres (19 mi) between the winter and summer roosts, with the longest recorded movement being 180 km (110 mi). The frequencies used by this bat species for echolocation lie between 69–83 kHz, have most energy at 81 kHz and have an average duration of 37.4 ms.

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

## Photo

![Greater Horseshoe Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-horseshoe-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Raffaele Maiorano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68223826

## Machine access

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