little Japanese horseshoe bat; Japanese lesser horseshoe bat
A species of bat native to Japan and parts of East Asia. Scientific name: Rhinolophus cornutus.
The little Japanese horseshoe bat is often found in caves.
Standard katakana spelling for this species name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in scientific or older texts; the katakana form is standard.
The name is a compound of 小菊頭 (kokikugashira, 'small chrysanthemum head', referring to the shape of the noseleaf) and 蝙蝠 (kōmori, 'bat'). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it describes the bat's distinctive nose structure.