SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rhinolophus Lacepede, 1799
COMMON NAMES: Horseshoe bats
SYNONYMS: = Rhinocrepis Gervais, 1836; Phyllorhina Leach, 1816; Aquias Gray, 1847; Coelophyllus ?Gray, 1866; Phyllotis Gray, 1866 non Waterhouse, 1837; Euryalus Matschie, 1901; Rhinophyllotis Troughton, 1941; Rhinomegalophus Bourret, 1951.
DIMENSIONS: Body mass 4-40 g, head & body 35-110 mm, tail 15-56 mm, forearm 30-75 mm, wing span 20-50 cm.
DESCRIPTION: The only genus in the family Rhinolophidae, includes about 80 species.
DISTRIBUTION: Tropics, subtropics and southern part of temperate zone of the Old World from Great Britain, Central Europe, Central Asia, China and Corea to South Africa and Australia.
NATURAL HISTORY:

At least six species occur in Russia and neighbouring countries:
Greater horseshoe bat - R. ferrumequinum
Bucharian horseshoe bat - R. bocharicus
Mehely's horseshoe bat - R. mehelyi
Blasius' horseshoe bat - R. blasii
Mediterranean horseshoe bat - R. euryale
Lesser horseshoe bat - R. hipposideros