Flower-faced bat




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Flower-faced bat

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Rhinolophidae
Subfamily : Hipposiderinae
Species : Anthops ornatus

 

The Flower-faced bat is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the flowerfaced bat
A young / baby of a flowerfaced bat is called a 'pup'. A flowerfaced bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.

Facts about the flower-faced bat

Flower-Faced Bat or Anthops ornatus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A2c, D2 . (Full text)

The flower-faced bat is a small, distinctive horseshoe bat with an orange-yellow nose-leaf. (Full text)

1. flower -- (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
flower
2. flower, bloom, blossom -- (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)
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bloom
blossom
3. flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush -- (the period of greatest prosperity or productivity)
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heyday
bloom
blossom
efflorescence
flush
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