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  Horseshoe Bat

 

Vietnam

A Horseshoe Bat, in Thai called kahng kahw mongkut or ‘Diadem Bat’, found hanging in an old Viet Cong tunnel in Cu Chi (fig.). Both names are descriptive of the broad, horseshoe-shaped anterior nose-leaf, that characterizes all bats in this family.

LIST OF THAI ANIMAL NAMES WILDLIFE PICTURE 1 WILDLIFE PICTURE 2 TRAVEL PICTURE THEMATIC STREET LIGHT 1 THEMATIC STREET LIGHT 2 THEMATIC STREET LIGHT 3