Phyllorhina ruber Noack, 1893: 586
A survey of small mammals in the Volta Region of Ghana with comments on zoogeography and conservation
Decher, Jan
Norris, Ryan W.
Abedi-Lartey, Michael
Oppong, James
Hutterer, Rainer
Weinbrenner, Martin
Koch, Martin
Podsiadlowski, Lars
Kilpatrick, C. William
Zoosystema
2021
2021-05-20
43
14
253
281
3M388
(Noack, 1893)
Noack
1893
[932,1336,470,497]
Mammalia
Hipposideridae
Hipposideros
Animalia
Chiroptera
19
270
Chordata
species
ruber
( Fig. 11)
Phyllorhina ruber Noack, 1893: 586.
COMMON NAME. — Noack’s Roundleaf Bat.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Apesokubi• 1 ♂; SMF92132• 1 ♀; SMF89671. Agumatsa (Wli Waterfall)• 1 ♂; SMF89672• 2 ♀; ZTNHC 951, SMF92131. Shiare Schoolyard• 1 ♂; SMF92133.
REMARK Previous specimens from Ghana-Togo Highlands were from Breniasi, Worawora and Jasikan (AMNH; BMNH; Grubb 1971) and from Ahoué-houé, Agou, Aledjo, Fazao, Misahohé and Palimé in Togo( De Vree et al.1969, 1970; Robbins 1980). We tentatively label these bats Hipposideroscf. ruberas at least three different lineages of bats affiliated with H. ruber sensustrictufrom East Africa occur in Ghana, lineages B1, and D2 ( Vallo et al.2008, 2011), or what Monadjem et al.(2013)called lineage E2, or possibly lineage B1 also reaching into the DahomeyGap ( Benin) since our specimens are all from east of the Volta River. The distribution of specimens from West Africa weakens the assumption that H.cf ruberis a forest species.. In Côte d’Ivoire Fahr (1996)made 70 captures of H.cf. ruber, 69.2% of which were in the moist forest zone, 15.4% in forest savanna mosaic and 15.4% in savanna formations.
CONSERVATION STATUS. — Listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List, Hipposideroscf. ruberappears to be still relatively common as our findings from three localities indicate.
3117087321
SMF 92132
[1075,1387,655,682]
SMF
19
270
1
1
3117087307
SMF 89671
SMF
19
270
1
1
3117087365
SMF 89671
[944,1390,681,708]
SMF
19
270
1
1
1
3117087306
SMF 92131
SMF
19
270
ZTNHC 951
2
2
3117087373
SMF 92131
[1087,1452,707,735]
SMF
19
270
ZTNHC 951
2
2
1