Rhinolophus webalai
B. D. Patterson, Dick, Bartonjo, & Demos in B. D. Patterson, Demos, Torrent, Grunwald, Montauban, Kerbis Peterhans, M. M. McDonough, Dick, Bartonjo, M. C. Schoeman, Ruedas, & Juste, 2024
Webala'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
Patterson, B.D., Demos, T.C., Torrent, L., Grunwald, A.L., Montauban, C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., McDonough, M.M., Dick, C.W., Bartonjo, M., Schoeman, M.C., Ruedas, L.A. and Juste, J. 2024-09-13. Systematics of the _Rhinolophus landeri_ complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae085Original name as described
Rhinolophus webalai
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:215894
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Kenya: Kilifi County; Malindi Marine Park, KWS Headquarters, 5 m a.s.l., −3.2546, 40.1320, in human-modified coastal rainforest."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Kenya · South Sudan · Uganda? · Tanzania?
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations previously attributed to R. landeri and R. lobatus
Taxonomy notes citation
Patterson, B.D., Demos, T.C., Torrent, L., Grunwald, A.L., Montauban, C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., McDonough, M.M., Dick, C.W., Bartonjo, M., Schoeman, M.Corrie, Ruedas, L.A. and Juste, J. 2024-09-13. Systematics of the _Rhinolophus landeri_ complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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