Rhinolophus Lacepede, 1799. Tabl. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammiferes p. 15.
Vespertilio ferrum-equinum Schreber, 1774. Conserved in ICZN Opinion 91 (1926) and Direction 24 (1955)
Rhinolophus alticolus Sanborn, 1936.
Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. ser 20(14): 108.
Cameroon Horseshoe Bat
Cameroon, cave at 5,800 feet on Mount Cameroon
SE Guinea; N Liberia; C Nigeria; WC Cameroon
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Not Evaluated (raised from synonymy).
References:
Burgin, C.J. 2019. Rhinolophus alticolus. Pages 287 In D.E. Wilson and R.A. Mittermeier (eds.) Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 9. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Not available online.
Csorba, G., P. Ujhelyi, and N. Thomas. 2003. Horseshoe Bats of the World. Alana Books, Bishop's Castle: 160pp. Not available online.
Demos, T.C., P.W. Webala, S.M. Goodman, J.C. Kerbis Peterhans, M. Bartonjo, and B.D. Patterson. 2019. Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19(166): 1-14. Read article.
Eisentraut, M. 1956. Beitrag zur Chiropteren-Fauna van Kamerun (Westafrika). Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 84(): 505-540. Not available online.
Hayman, R.W., and J.E. Hill 1971. Order Chiroptera, part 2. Pages 1-73 In J. Meester and H.W. Setzer (eds.) The Mammals of Africa: An Identification Manual. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Not available online.
Kock, D., G. Csorba, and K.M. Howell. 2000. Rhinolophus maendeleo n. sp. from Tanzania, a horseshoe bat noteworthy for its systematics and biogeography (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae). Senkenbergiana Biologica 80: 233-239. Read article.
Koopman, K.F. 1975. Bats of the Sudan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154: 353-444. Read article.
Rosevear, D.R. 1965. The bats of West Africa. British Museum (Natural History), London: 418. Not available online.
Sanborn, C.C. 1936. Descriptions and records of African bats. Publications Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 20(14): 107-114. Read article.
Simmons, N.B. 2005. Chiroptera. Pages 312-529 In D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds.) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, Volume 1. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Read chapter.
capensis species group. Distinct from simulator based on its morphological distinctiveness (see Kock et al., 2000: 237; Csorba et al., 2003: 11) and its distributional discontinuity with simulator s.s.; see Burgin (2019). Originally described as a subspecies of alcyone from which it is clearly distinct; see Eisentraut (1956). Subsequently considered a full species (see e.g., Rosevear, 1965; Hayman and Hill, 1971). Koopman (1975) first suggested that alticolus was conspecific with simulator and this conclusion was widely adopted (see e.g., Kock et al., 2000; Simmons 2005). Demos et al. (2019) indicate that the type has been lost. Additional research is still needed.