noun
Imaizumi's horseshoe bat; Iriomote horseshoe bat
A species of bat (Rhinolophus imaizumii) endemic to Iriomote Island in Okinawa, Japan. The name is a biological term and may not be widely known outside of zoological contexts.
イリオモテキクガシラコウモリは西表島だけに生息する。
The Iriomote horseshoe bat lives only on Iriomote Island.
The name is a compound of 西表 (Iriomote, the island name), 菊頭 (kikugashira, 'chrysanthemum head', referring to the horseshoe-shaped noseleaf), and 蝙蝠 (kōmori, 'bat'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the name follows standard Japanese zoological naming conventions.