Imaizumi's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus imaizumii'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. While it was formerly considered endangered by the

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, it is now considered synonymous with the least horseshoe bat, which is evaluated as least concern.

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Rhinolophidae Endemic mammals of Japan Mammals described in 1980 Bats of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Rhinolophidae-stub