Heart-nosed bat

Heart-nosed bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Megadermatidae
Genus: Cardioderma
Peters, 1873
Species: C. cor
Binomial name
Cardioderma cor
(Peters, 1872)
Heart-nosed bat range
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The heart-nosed bat (Cardioderma cor) is a species of bat in the family Megadermatidae. It is monotypic within the genus Cardioderma. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts.

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