ACE2 and COVID-19: Finally, as angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is considered to be the entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the current pandemic of COVID-19 (Zhou et al., 2020), we compared the sequences of ACE2 (805 amino acids) between P. medius and two Rhinolophus bat species, R. ferrumequinum and R. sinicus, thought to be a natural reservoir of coronaviruses (Ge et al., 2013).