Rhinolophus Lacepede, 1799. Tabl. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammiferes p. 15.
Vespertilio ferrum-equuinum Schreber, 1774. Conserved in ICZN Opinion 91 (1926) and Direction 24 (1955)
Rhinolophus namuli Curran, Kopp, Ruedi & Bayliss, 2022.
Acta Chiropterol. 24: 26.
Namuli Horseshoe Bat
Mozambique, Zambezia Province, ca. 10 km. north-west of Gurue, Mount Namuli
Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Curran, M., M. Kopp, M. Ruedi, and J. Bayliss. 2022. A new species of horseshoe bat (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Mount Namuli, Mozambique. Acta Chiropterologica 24(1): 19-40. Read abstract.
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.
capensis species group. Morphologically very similar to maendeleo, which was moved to the adami species group by Kock et al. (2000). No sequences are available for either maendeleo or adami and the validity of this group is open to quesion (Curran et al. 2022).