Great woolly horseshoe bat

{{Short description|Species of bat}}

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| image = Woolly Horseshoe Bat imported from iNaturalist photo 246196123 on 16 August 2024.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Thong, V.D. |author2=Thanh, H.T. |author3=Soisook, P. |author4=Csorba, G. |date=2019 |title=Rhinolophus luctus |volume=2019 |page=e.T19548A21977086 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T19548A21977086.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| genus = Rhinolophus

| species = luctus

| authority = Temminck, 1835

| synonyms =

| range_map = Woolly Horseshoe Bat area.png

| range_map_caption = Woolly horseshoe bat range (includes species previously classified in luctus)

}}

The great woolly horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus luctus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae.{{Cite web|title=Explore the Database|url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#species-id=1004703|access-date=2022-02-21|website=www.mammaldiversity.org}}

It is endemic to Indonesia. 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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