Rhinolophus smithersi
P. J. Taylor, S. Stoffberg, Monadjem, M. C. Schoeman, Bayliss, & Cotterill, 2012
Smithers's Horseshoe Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Rhinolophoidea |
| Family | : Rhinolophidae |
| Genus | : Rhinolophus |
Species status
Authority citation
Taylor, P.J., Stoffberg, S., Monadjem, A., Schoeman, M.C., Bayliss, J. and Cotterill, F.P.D. 2012-09-12. Four new bat species (_Rhinolophus hildebrandtii_ complex) reflect Plio-Pleistocene divergence of dwarfs and giants across an Afromontane archipelago. PLoS ONE 7(9):e41744.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041744Original name as described
Rhinolophus smithersi
Type material
NHMBZ 33647
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Ngolangola Gorge at confluence with Lutope River, Sebungwe District, Gokwe Communal Land, NW Zimbabwe; 18° 17' 05" S; 28° 05' 00"E; elevation 1000 m asl."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Zimbabwe · South Africa · Zambia? · Malawi? · Mozambique? · Botswana?
Taxonomy notes
recently described, although it may be a synonym of R. hildebrandtii based on recent molecular reseach; the species is tentatively retained here awaiting further research
Taxonomy notes citation
Taylor, P. J., Stoffberg, S., Monadjem, A., Schoeman, M. C., Bayliss, J., & Cotterill, F. P. (2012). Four new bat species (Rhinolophus hildebrandtii complex) reflect Plio-Pleistocene divergence of dwarfs and giants across an Afromontane archipelago. PLoS one, 7(9), e41744. · Demos, T. C., Webala, P. W., Goodman, S. M., Peterhans, J. C. K., Bartonjo, M., & Patterson, B. D. (2019). Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics. BMC evolutionary biology, 19(1), 1-14.
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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