Rhinolophus denti

O. Thomas, 1904

Dent's Horseshoe Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Rhinolophidae
Genus : Rhinolophus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1904-05-01. Three new bats, African and Asiatic. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)13(77):384-388.

Original name as described

Rhinolophus Denti

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Kuruman, Bechuanaland [Northern Cape Province, South Africa]. Alt. 1300 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Burkina Faso · Nigeria · South Sudan? · Angola · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Republic of the Congo?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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