Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800)
(Lesser Horseshoe Bat)

Interactions where Rhinolophus hipposideros is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		is ectoparasitised by			Neomyobia chiropteralis	a bat mite	Trombidiformes: Myobiidae	Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Myobiidae/Neomyobia chiropteralis/	Neomyobia chiropteralis	a bat mite					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat								ectoparasitises
		has blood sucked by			Ixodes vespertilionis	Long-legged Bat Tick	Ixodida: Ixodidae	The Terrestrial Acari of the British Isles: 1. Introduction and Biology, Evans, G.O., Sheals, J.G. & MacFarlane, D., 1961	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Ixodes) vespertilionis/	Ixodes (Ixodes) vespertilionis	long-legged bat tick					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat								sucks the blood of
		is ectoparasitised by			Macronyssus sternalis	a bat mite	Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae	The Terrestrial Acari of the British Isles: 1. Introduction and Biology, Evans, G.O., Sheals, J.G. & MacFarlane, D., 1961	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Macronyssidae/Macronyssus sternalis/	Macronyssus sternalis	a bat mite					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat								ectoparasitises
		is ectoparasitised by			Macronyssus uncinatus	a bat mite	Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae	Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Macronyssidae/Macronyssus uncinatus/	Macronyssus uncinatus	a bat mite					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat								ectoparasitises
		is ectoparasitised by			Periglischrus rhinolophinus	a bat-mite	Mesostigmata: Laelaptidae	The Terrestrial Acari of the British Isles: 1. Introduction and Biology, Evans, G.O., Sheals, J.G. & MacFarlane, D., 1961	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Laelaptidae/Periglischrus rhinolophinus/	Periglischrus rhinolophinus	a bat-mite					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat								ectoparasitises
		is ectoparasitised by male			Spincturnix omahonyi	a bat-mite	Mesostigmata: Laelaptidae	The Terrestrial Acari of the British Isles: 1. Introduction and Biology, Evans, G.O., Sheals, J.G. & MacFarlane, D., 1961	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Laelaptidae/Spincturnix omahonyi/	Spincturnix omahonyi	a bat-mite				male	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat								male ectoparasitises
		is ectoparasitised by			Nycteribia kolenatii	a bat-louse fly	Diptera: Nycteribiidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Nycteribia kolenatii/	Nycteribia kolenatii	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		Foreign	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat					Minor			ectoparasitises
		is ectoparasitised by			Phthiridium biarticulatum	a bat-louse fly	Diptera: Nycteribiidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Nycteribiidae/Phthiridium biarticulatum/	Phthiridium biarticulatum	a bat-louse fly					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat					Major			ectoparasitises
wing membrane		wing membrane has blood sucked by			Eyndhovenia euryalis	a bat crab-mite	Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae	Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Spinturnicidae/Eyndhovenia euryalis/	Eyndhovenia euryalis	a bat crab-mite					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat			wing membrane					sucks the blood of wing membrane
wing membrane		wing membrane has blood sucked by			Paraperiglischrus rhinolophinus	a bat crab-mite	Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae	Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Spinturnicidae/Paraperiglischrus rhinolophinus/	Paraperiglischrus rhinolophinus	a bat crab-mite					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Rhinolophidae/Rhinolophus hipposideros/	Rhinolophus hipposideros	lesser horseshoe bat			wing membrane					sucks the blood of wing membrane

Author & Year	Title	Source
Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003	Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles	Systematic & Applied Acarology Special Publications Systematic & Applied Acarology Vol 14: 1-20.
Evans, G.O., Sheals, J.G. & MacFarlane, D., 1961	The Terrestrial Acari of the British Isles: 1. Introduction and Biology	The Terrestrial Acari of the British Isles, Vol 1, 219pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Hutson, A.M., 1984	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhinolophus
(horseshoe bat species)

CHIROPTERA
(bats)

MAMMALIA
(mammals)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat)
Genus	Rhinolophus (horseshoe bat species)
Family	RHINOLOPHIDAE (horseshoe bats)
Order	CHIROPTERA (bats)
Class	MAMMALIA (mammals)
Superclass	TETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
Phylum	CHORDATA (vertebrates)
Superphylum	DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Robertson, J.	2002	Lesser Horsesoe Bats in a Welsh valley	British Wildlife Vol 13, No 6: 412-418.

Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHIROPTERA
(bats)

MAMMALIA
(mammals)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat):

CHIROPTERA
(bats)

MAMMALIA
(mammals)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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