Rhinolophus swinnyi Gough, 1908

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

Rhinolophus swinnyi Gough, 1908

Fig. 18 A–B

* Rhinolophus swinnyi Gough, 1908: 71 .

Hayman et al. (1966: 40) mention 25 specimens in the collection of the Tervuren Museum (RMCA) from Banana, Baudouinville, Kakontwe and Lubudi Cave, but contrary to all other taxa, no museum numbers were provided. A recent catalog list of the museum (Wim Wendelen, pers. comm.) doesn’t mention any specimens belonging to this species either.

Based on the currently available data, R. swinnyi is restricted to the extreme southeastern part of the DRC (Haut-Lomami and Haut-Katanga Provinces). The Pan-African distribution of the species includes eastern ( Tanzania) and southern Africa, where it occurs from the southern DRC, over Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, southern Mozambique and extreme eastern RSA.

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Fig. 18. Distribution maps. A–B. Rhinolophus swinnyi Gough, 1908. C–D. Rhinolophus willardi Kerbis Peterhans & Fahr, 2013. E–F. Cloeotis percivali Thomas, 1901. A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.