Rhinolophus ruwenzorii Hill, 1942

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 : 41

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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.382

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3861451

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scientific name

Rhinolophus ruwenzorii Hill, 1942
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Rhinolophus ruwenzorii Hill, 1942 View in CoL

Fig. 17 View Fig C–D

* Rhinolophus ruwenzorii J. Eric Hill, 1942: 1 View in CoL .

Rhinolophus ruwenzorii has a very restricted distribution of approximately 360 km 2 in the DRC provinces of Nord-Kivu and Ituri ( Fahr 2013c: 342). Some authors (e.g., Smith & Hood 1980) consider ruwenzorii to be a subspecies of the west African R. maclaudi , which would result in an extremely disjunct distribution for this species ( Baeten et al. 1984). However, Fahr et al. (2002) showed that both forms differ substantially and should be considered as separate species.

Baeten B., Van Cakenberghe V. & De Vree F. 1984. An annotated inventory of a collection of bats from Rwanda (Chiroptera). Revue de zoologie africaine 98 (1): 183 - 196.

Fahr J., Vierhaus H., Hutterer R. & Kock D. 2002. A revision of the Rhinolophus maclaudi species group with the description of a new species from West Africa (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Myotis 40: 95 - 126.

Fahr J. 2013 c. Rhinolophus maclaudi Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat. In: Happold M. & Happold D. (eds) Mammals of Africa Volume IV. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats: 342 - 343. Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

Smith J. D. & Hood C. S. 1980. Additional material of Rhinolophus ruwenzorii Hill, 1942, with comments on its natural history and taxonomic status. In: Wilson D. E. & Gardner A. L. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifth International Bat Research Conference: 163 - 171. Texas Press, Lubbock, Texas.

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Fig. 17. Distribution maps. A–B. Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1838. C–D. Rhinolophus ruwenzorii J. Eric Hill, 1942. E–F. Rhinolophus simulator K. Andersen, 1912. A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

SubOrder

Pteropodiformi

Family

Rhinolophidae

Genus

Rhinolophus