The Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is a bat that is distributed throughout Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia, and Eastern Asia. They commonly forage in pastures, deciduous temperate woodlands, and Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean shrublands and woodlands. In the winter they hibernate in underground sites. The Greater Horseshoe Bat has a distinctive noseleaf which has a pointed upper part and a horseshoe shaped lower part; the horseshoe noseleaf aids to focus the ultrasound the bat uses to see. The fur is soft, fluffy, and the colors range from gray, gray-brown and gray-white. As insectivores, the Great Horseshoe Bat primarily eats moths and beetles.