Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1853

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 219

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scientific name

Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1853
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REMARK

This species was recorded from Rio Boutry (located now in Ghana nearby the political border with Togo) by Matschie (1893b). There are several records from the Volta Region of Ghana ( Grubb 1971; Decher & Abedi-Lartey 2002) Its presence in Togo is also listed in the African Chiroptera Report ( ACR 2015) .

Rhinolophus eloquensis K. Andersen, 1905

REMARK

A voucher of this species originating from Bismarckburg (Adéle) is presently stored in the ZMB. Both IUCN (2014) and Simmons (2005) do not account Togo as a presence country. Indeed, this species is recorded in East Africa ( Simmons 2005). Therefore, the correct identification of the ZMB voucher should be carefully investigated.

Rhinolophus fumigatus Rüppell, 1842

VOUCHERS. — Sixty-eight specimens were collected by the African Mammal Project from Dapaong and Pewa ( Robbins 1980; NMNH), four voucher specimens were collected at Aledjo ( De Vree et al. 1969, 1970, 1996).

REMARK

The West African taxon, inhabiting Senegal and Sierra Leone, is R. diversus Sanborn, 1939 ( Grubb et al. 1998), whereas in Togo the present taxon should be R. foxi Thomas, 1913 .

Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1838

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — Recorded from Atakpamé and Namoundjoga ( De Vree et al. 1969, 1970).

ACR 2015. - African Chiroptera Report. 2015. AfricanBats, Pretoria. i-xix, 1 - 7001. http: // www. africanbats. org

DE VREE F., DE ROO A. & VERHEYEN W. N. 1969. - Contribution a l'etude des Chiropteres de la Republique du Togo. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 80: 200 - 207.

DE VREE F., HULSELMANS J. & VERHEYEN W. N. 1970. - Contribution a l'etude des Chiropteres de la Republique du Togo. 2. Liste preliminaire des Chiropteres recoltes par la deuxieme Mission zoologique belge au Togo. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines. 82: 41 - 46.

GRUBB P. 1971. - Further records of mammals from Ghana, based on the collections of Angus Booth. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 84: 192 - 202.

GRUBB P., JONES T. S., DAVIES A. G., EDBERG E., SARIN E. D. & HILL J. E. 1998 - Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 p.

MATSCHIE P. 1893 b. - Saugethiere des Togogebietes, in Beitrage zur Fauna des Togolandes. Mittheilungen aus den deutschen Schutzegebieten 6: 162 - 180.

ROBBINS C. B. 1980. - Small mammals of Togo and Benin. I. Chiroptera. Mammalia 44: 83 - 88.

SIMMONS N. B. 2005. - Order Chiroptera, in WILSON D. E. & REEDER D. M. (eds), Mammal Species of theWorld. ATaxonomic and Geographic Reference. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 312 - 529.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Rhinolophidae

Genus

Rhinolophus