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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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SUBSPECIES fumigatus

SUBSPECIES abae

SUBSPECIES aethiops

SUBSPECIES diversus

SUBSPECIES exsul

SUBSPECIES foxi

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