Rhinolophus deckenii Peters 1867

Rhinolophus deckenii Peters 1867, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867: 705.

Type Locality: Tanzania, " Zanzibar coast" (mainland opposite Zanzibar).

Vernacular Names: Decken's Horseshoe Bat.

Distribution: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Data Deficient.

Discussion: ferrumequinum species group. Treated as a subspecies of clivosus by Hayman and Hill (1971), but see Koopman (1975), Cotterill (2002), and Csorba et al. (2003). May include silvestris, see Csorba et al. (2003).