Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein 1823

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Rhinolophidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 350-365 : 352

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scientific name	Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein 1823
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Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein 1823 View in CoL

Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein 1823 View in CoL , Verz. Doblet. Mus. Univ. Berlin: 4.

Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope.

Vernacular Names: Cape Horseshoe Bat.

Synonyms: Rhinolophus auritus Sundevall 1860 .

Distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. Occurence outside South Africa is doubtful; records from Zambia and Malawi are definitely erroneous ( Koopman, 1993).

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

Discussion: capensis species group. See Taylor (2000 a) for distribution map.

Koopman, K. F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137 - 241, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., 1207 pp.

Taylor, P. J. 2000 a. Bats of Southern Africa: Guide to biology, identification, and conservation. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 206 pp.