Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar, 1828 . In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth., p. 47.

TYPE LOCALITY: Saudi Arabia, Muwaylih (= Mohila) .

DISTRIBUTION: Turkmenistan to Afghanistan; Arabia to Algeria; Subsaharan Africa to Liberia, Cameroon and South Africa.

SYNONYMS: acrotis, andersoni, angur, bocharicus, brachygnathus, hillorum, keniensis, schwarzi, zuluensis .

COMMENTS: Includes bocharicus; see Aellen (1959:362-366). R. bocharicus is considered a species by Hanak (1969), DeBlase (1980:94-97), Gromov and Baranova (1981), and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). This species does not include deckenii or silvestris; see Koopman (1975:386).