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Rhinolophus maendeleo
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Rhinolophidae > Genus: Rhinolophus > Species: Rhinolophus maendeleo
Common Name: Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat [English]
Type Description
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).
Type Locality
Tanzania, Tanga Dist., 2.5 km W of Tanga, Mkulumuzi River Gorge, Amboni Cave Forest, 05°05'S, 39°02E, 0-80 m.
Forearm Length: 38-68 mm
Forearm Length: 38-68 mm
Description
The most recently described Rhinolophus in Tanzania, this species is medium sized but with large ears (24 mm in length), and a horseshoe that is greater than 8 mm. It is one of two Rhinolophus in Tanzania where the 4th metacarpal is definitely longer than the 5th (R. denti being the other species). The part of the connecting process closest to the head is almost parallel with the sella. The bodyis brown dorsally, beige to white ventrally, and there is a brown collar on the neck and shoulders. The small tooth behind the upper canine is inside the toothrow, and while the smallest cheektooth in the lower toothrow is to the outside of the toothrow, the two teeth on either side of it are not in contact. There is a depression near the supraoccipital bone, and a depression with raised ridgeson either side of it over the orbits.
Comparisons
The similar sized R. simulator does not have a well defined depression above the orbits, and R. darlingi have small teeth completely on the outside of the upper and lower toothrows.
Distribution
This species is only known from northeastern Tanzania, from both low elevation coastal forests and submontane forests in the West Usambara Mountains.
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 126-127.
2. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:328-332.
3. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
2. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:328-332.
3. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.