Key Identification Features
- Formerly, the Formosan woolly horseshoe bat was classified as a subspecies of the woolly horseshoe bat, but it is now recognized as a distinct species.
- It has very small eyes, and its snout bears a distinctively shaped nose-leaf.
- megaphyllus can be readily identified by its pink nose-leaf, which has ridges on its upper-facing sections that align to form a triangular point.
- A number of taxa that were previously classified under Rhinolophus luctus have since been reclassified as separate, distinct species.
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