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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108472Original name as described
Rhinolophus Denti
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.8.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/21f877ab-a3dc-4270-880c-50737cf1afcbType 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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