Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat
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| Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinolophidae |
| Genus: | Rhinolophus |
| Species: | R. maendeleo |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinolophus maendeleo Kock, Csorba & Howell, 2000 |
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| Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat range | |
The Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus maendeleo) is a recently discovered species of bats in the Rhinolophidae family. It inhabits caves of the Coastal Lowland forests of Tanzania. Its closest relative Adam's Horseshoe Bat.
[edit] References
- Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W. & Taylor, P. 2004. Rhinolophus maendeleo. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Kock D, Csorba G, Howell KM 2000. Rhinolophus maendeleo n. sp. from Tanzania, a horseshoe bat noteworthy for its systematics and biogeography (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae). Senckenbergiana biologica, 80, 233-239.
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