Rhinolophus ruwenzorii Hill, 1942

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Rhinolophus ruwenzorii Hill, 1942

Fig. 17 C–D

* Rhinolophus ruwenzorii J. Eric Hill, 1942: 1 .

Rhinolophus ruwenzorii has a very restricted distribution of approximately 360 km 2 in the DRC provinces of Nord-Kivu and Ituri ( Fahr 2013c: 342). Some authors (e.g., Smith & Hood 1980) consider ruwenzorii to be a subspecies of the west African R. maclaudi , which would result in an extremely disjunct distribution for this species ( Baeten et al. 1984). However, Fahr et al. (2002) showed that both forms differ substantially and should be considered as separate species.

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Fig. 17. Distribution maps. A–B. Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1838. C–D. Rhinolophus ruwenzorii J. Eric Hill, 1942. E–F. Rhinolophus simulator K. Andersen, 1912. A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.