Roberts' horseshoe bat

Roberts' horseshoe bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Rhinolophidae
Genus:	Rhinolophus
Species:	R. rhodesiae
Binomial name
	Rhinolophus rhodesiae; (Roberts, 1946)

Roberts' horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rhodesiae) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It lives in Mozambique and other parts of Southern Africa.

Although some sequences of the mtDNA and DNA are identical to those in the Bushveld horseshoe bat (a common phenomenon in bats due to historical introgression), this particular bat was recognized as a separate species based on morphological phenotypic traits and acoustics. Its specific name, rhodesiae, means 'from Rhodesia' in Latin.^[1] As it was discovered fairly recently, conservation status has not yet been evaluated.

References[]

^ Taylor, P. J.; Macdonald, A.; Goodman, S. M.; Kearney, T.; Cotterill, F. P. D.; Stoffberg, S.; Monadjem, A.; Schoeman, M. C.; Guyton, J.; Naskrecki, P.; Richards, L. R. (2018). "Integrative taxonomy resolves three new cryptic species of small southern African horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly024. hdl:10019.1/111734. ISSN 0024-4082. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] Taylor, P. J.; Macdonald, A.; Goodman, S. M.; Kearney, T.; Cotterill, F. P. D.; Stoffberg, S.; Monadjem, A.; Schoeman, M. C.; Guyton, J.; Naskrecki, P.; Richards, L. R. (2018). "Integrative taxonomy resolves three new cryptic species of small southern African horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly024. hdl:10019.1/111734. ISSN 0024-4082. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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