Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Ghigi 1929, Kahmann 1959, Van Laar & Daan 1964, Ondrias 1965, Hanak et al. 2001, Benda et al. 2009, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023 Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
Species references
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Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave
Spilaio Piskokefalou, Piskokefalo, Siteia, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis.
Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research.
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