Rhinolophus smithersi

Taxonavigation

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 smithersi

Name

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

Holotype: NMZB 33647, alcohol and cleaned skull. Collector Number FWC 4764. Female collected 26 October 2000 by F. P. D. Cotterill and P. J. Taylor. Skull and mandible in good condition.

Type locality: Ngolangola Gorge at confluence with Lutope River, Sebungwe District, Gokwe Communal Land, NW Zimbabwe; 18° 17′05″S; 28° 05′ 00″E; elevation 1000 m asl.

Paratype: NMZB 33652, male alcohol and cleaned skull, Collector Number FWC 4769. Collected 26th October 2000 by F.P.D. Cotterill and P.J. Taylor from Lutope-Ngolangola Gorge, Zimbabwe.

References

• 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

English: Smithers's Horseshoe Bat