The great woolly horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus luctus'') is a species of

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

in the family Rhinolophidae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The northern woolly horseshoe bat (''R. perniger''), Malaysian woolly horseshoe bat (''R. morio''), and Andersen's woolly horseshoe bat (''R. foetidus'') were previously classified in this species but have since been reclassified as their own species, and other populations have been described as distinct species of their own: the Selangor woolly horseshoe bat (''R. luctoides'').

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Rhinolophidae Bats of Asia Bats of Southeast Asia Bats of Indonesia Endemic fauna of Indonesia Fauna of Sumatra Mammals of Borneo Least concern biota of Asia Mammals described in 1835 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck {{Rhinolophidae-stub Bats of India