Rhinolophus cohenae

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: Rhinolophus cohenae

Name edit

Rhinolophus cohenae Taylor, Stoffberg, Monadjem, Schoeman, Bayliss & Cotterill, 2012 Fig. 4, 4, Fig. S1, Table 3, 4, Table S1, Appendix S1

Holotype: DM 8626; adult male, alcohol skin, skull and prepared baculum (Fig. 9f), collected by L. Cohen, 28 September 2004. Skull and mandible in good condition.
Type locality: Barberton, Mountainland Nature Reserve, 68 km SE Sudwala, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, 25° 43′ 8″S; 31° 15′ 58″ E; elevation 690 m asl.
Paratypes: DM 7886 (adult male, alcohol skin and skull, collected by L. Cohen on 27 September 2004 from type locality), DM11620, DM 11919, DM 11918 (adult males, alcohol skin and skull, collected by S. Stoffberg and L. Cohen on 27 September 2009).

References edit

  • Taylor P.J., Stoffberg S., Monadjem A., Schoeman M.C., Bayliss J., Cotterill F.P.D. 2012: Four New Bat Species (Rhinolophus hildebrandtii Complex) Reflect Plio-Pleistocene Divergence of Dwarfs and Giants across an Afromontane Archipelago. PLoS ONE, 7(9): e41744. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041744. PDF.

Vernacular names edit

English: Cohen's Horseshoe Bat