Maendeleo horseshoe bat

The Maendeleo horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus maendeleo) is a recently discovered species of bats in the family Rhinolophidae. It inhabits caves of the Coastal Lowland forests of Tanzania. Its closest relative is the Adam's horseshoe bat. It was described in 2000.[2]

Maendeleo horseshoe bat
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
Maendeleo horseshoe bat range

References

  1. Cooper-Bohannon, R. (2020). "Rhinolophus maendeleo". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44783A22067758.
  2. Kock, D.; Csorba, G.; Howell, K. M. (2000). "Rhinolophus maendeleo n. sp. from Tanzania, a horseshoe bat noteworthy for its systematics and biogeography (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 80 (1): 233–240.


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