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Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein 1823
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Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein 1823
Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein 1823, Verz. Doblet. Mus. Univ. Berlin: 4.
Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope.
Vernacular Names: Cape Horseshoe Bat.
Synonyms: Rhinolophus auritus Sundevall 1860.
Distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. Occurence outside South Africa is doubtful; records from Zambia and Malawi are definitely erroneous (Koopman, 1993).
Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.
Discussion: capensis species group. See Taylor (2000 a) for distribution map.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Rhinolophidae, pp. 350-365 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 352, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/03B1F775F80C0A46AEF61D8CA74B6A4E (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/842D4DCC2F77BFAB0F1A2A0795700FF7 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231519439 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Lichtenstein
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Rhinolophidae
- Genus
- Rhinolophus
- Species
- capensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein, 1823 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Koopman, K. F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137 - 241, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., 1207 pp.
- Taylor, P. J. 2000 a. Bats of Southern Africa: Guide to biology, identification, and conservation. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 206 pp.