Bats of the World

A Taxonomic and Geographic Database

Compiled and Edited by:
Nancy B. Simmons and Andrea L. Cirranello
American Museum of Natural History

Your search for Rhinolophus dobsoni resulted in 1 species-level match:

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 dobsoni Thomas, 1904.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser 7, 14: 156.
Dobson's Horseshoe Bat

Sudan ("Kordofan")

Sudan

CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Least Concern under Rhinolophus landeri (2017).

landeri species group. Previously considered a synonym of landeri, but distinct. See Patterson et al. (2024).

References:

Patterson, B.D., T.C Demos, L. Torrent, A.L. Grunwald, C. Montauban, J.C. Kerbis Peterhans, M.M McDonough, C.W. Dick, M. Bartonjo, M.C Schoeman, L.A. Ruedas, and J. Juste. 2024. Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy 106(1): 187-201. Read article.

Thomas, O. 1904. On some small mammals collected by Mr. A. M. Mackilligin in the Eastern desert of Egypt. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7, 14(80): 155-159. Read article.