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.
The Iriomote horseshoe bat lives only on Iriomote Island.
Standard katakana spelling for this species name.
Kanji spelling is rare and mostly found in older or highly formal biological texts. It is usually written in kana.
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.