Hipposideros ruber (Noack, 1893)

Cakenberghe, Victor Van, Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu, Akawa, Prescott Musaba, Seamark, Ernest & Verheyen, Erik, 2017, The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera), European Journal of Taxonomy 382 (382), pp. 1-327 : 30

Hipposideros ruber (Noack, 1893)

Fig. 12 E–F

Phyllorhina rubra Noack, 1893: 586 .

* Hipposideros caffer ruber (Noack, 1893) .

Although longtime considered to be a subspecies of H. caffer , ruber is currently generally accepted to represent a separate species. Vallo et al. (2009: 193) recognized a number of lineages in H. ruber , which in Central Africa include two sister clades, which become sympatric in Cameroon. This suggests that more than one species is involved, but the names for these taxa have not yet been determined.

The distribution map given by Happold (2013l: 394) passes almost entirely around the DRC, except for the extreme northeastern and southeastern parts of the country. However, it does include both Rwanda and Burundi. Our data suggest that the distribution is wider in the DRC, where the species might only be missing in the central part of the country.

Figures

Fig. 12. Distribution maps. A–B. Hipposideros camerunensis Eisentraut, 1956. C–D. Hipposideros fuliginosus (Temminck, 1853). E–F. Hipposideros ruber (Noack, 1893). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.