Shamel's horseshoe bat

Shamel's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus shameli) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Shamel's horseshoe bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Rhinolophidae
Genus:	Rhinolophus
Species:	R. shameli
Binomial name
Rhinolophus shameli Tate, 1943
Shamel's horseshoe bat range

The eponym for the species name "shameli" was American mammalogist H. Harold Shamel.^[2]