Rhinolophus ferrum equinum; Print; Horseshoe bat; Horseshoe bats make up the bat family Rhinolophidae. In addition to the single living genus; Rhinolophus; one extinct genus; Palaeonycteris; has been recognized. The closely related Hipposideridae are sometimes included within the horseshoe bats as a subfamily; Hipposiderinae. Both families are classified in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera or Pteropodiformes and were previously included in Microchiroptera.; 1700-1880