Scientific name/relatives

The horseshoe bat's scientific name is rhinolophus hipposideros. the horseshoe bat is closely related to the leaf nosed bat, also known as the lesser horseshoe bat. it's scientific name is phyllostomidae. it is a horseshoe bat but it is smaller. The horseshoe bat used to live in caves but now lives in sheds or any other dark shady places. I found no niche of the horseshoe bat, but I only found that it keeps the bug population down. but it can live in a very large amount of environment so it has a broad niche. the horseshoe bat is in dangered because it's natural habitat is being destroyed. It has resorted to living in human made shelters. If the horseshoe bat became extinct, not a lot would happen. the bug population would go up but that's about it. A zoo habitat for this bat would be dark and moist, with places for them to hang. this would be different form the natural habitat because, it wouldn't be as dark, and there wouldn't be as many other bats around. I would be similar because, it would be fairly dark and moist like a cave.

~Logan

stuctural: getting food

Unlike most bats the horseshoe bats creat sound through it's nose, not mouth. this helps it to direct sound to use echo location. It also helps to magnify the sound.

website: http://www.ehow.com/about_5410661_horseshoe-bat.html
author:  Cindy Dixon

~logan

stuctural: predators

As i said in my earlier post horseshoe bats don't have any real predators, a reason for this is because of how they look. they are quite ugly as you can see below so animals are frightened of them.




~logan

structural: reproduction

 They are also able to fly at 4 weeks so the combination of this, and being born around may, by the time they can fly food is easy to get.

website: http://www.jwaller.co.uk/batgroup/lesser_horseshoe.asp
author: Julia and John

~logan