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SPECIES Rhinolophus clivosus
Author: | Cretzschmar, 1828. | Citation: | In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Ssugeth.: 47. | Common Name: | Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat | Type Locality: | Saudi Arabia, Red Sea Coast, Muwaylih (= Mohila), (approx. 27°49'N, 35°30'E). | Distribution: | Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | ferrumequinum species group. Does not include bocharicus; see Hanák (1969), DeBlase (1980), Gromov and Baranova (1981), and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Does not include deckenii or silvestris; see Koopman (1975), Cotterill (2002), and Csorba et al. (2003). Does not include hillorum, see Cotterill (2002). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991). Reviewed in part by Horácek et al. (2000). |
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