Rhinolophus ruwenzorii

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Taxonavigation

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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
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Zatheria
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: Rhinolophus ruwenzorii

Name

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Rhinolophus ruwenzorii Hill, 1942: 1

  • Holotype: AMNH 82394, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by James P. Chapin, Sage and Mathews on 24 December 1926.
  • Type locality: “south side of Butahu Valley, western slope of Mount Ruwenzori [DR Congo], altitude 7,500 feet [= 2286 m]”.

Synonyms

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  • Rhinolophus kahuzi Fahr & Kerbis Peterhans in Kerbis Peterhan et al., 2013: 194 [synonymised by Demos et al. (2019: 11)]
    • Holotype: FMNH 219793, subadult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by R. Kizungu on 28 July 2007.
    • Type locality: “Western slope of Mt Kahuzi, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2°15'09"S, 28°40'09"E, 2600 m. Found within mixed Afrocarpus and Nuxia forest on the slope of Mt Kahuzi”.

Native distribution areas

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  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Uganda
  • Rwanda

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat