Maendeleo horseshoe bat
The Maendeleo horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus maendeleo) is a recently discovered species of bats in the family Rhinolophidae. It inhabits caves of the Coastal Lowland forests of Tanzania. Its closest relative is the Adam's horseshoe bat. It was described in 2000.[2]
| Maendeleo horseshoe bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinolophidae |
| Genus: | Rhinolophus |
| Species: | R. maendeleo |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinolophus maendeleo Kock, Csorba & Howell, 2000 | |
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| Maendeleo horseshoe bat range | |
References
- Cooper-Bohannon, R. (2020). "Rhinolophus maendeleo". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44783A22067758.
- Kock, D.; Csorba, G.; Howell, K. M. (2000). "Rhinolophus maendeleo n. sp. from Tanzania, a horseshoe bat noteworthy for its systematics and biogeography (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 80 (1): 233–240.
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