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SPECIES Rhinolophus fumigatus
Author: | Rüppell, 1842. | Citation: | Mus. Senckenbergianum, 3: 132, 155. | Common Name: | Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat | Type Locality: | Ethiopia, Shoa. | Distribution: | Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Dem. Rep. Congo, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, South Africa. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | fumigatus species group. Does not include eloquens or perauritus, but does include aethiops; see Koopman (1975). Subspecies boundaries are not well delimited. See Taylor (2000a) for distribution map. |
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