Maendeleo horseshoe bat

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Maendeleo horseshoe bat

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. maendeleo
Binomial name
Rhinolophus maendeleo
Kock, Csorba & Howell, 2000
Maendeleo horseshoe bat range

The Maendeleo horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus maendeleo) is a species of Tanzanian

Rhinolophidae
.

Taxonomy

Rhinolophus maendeleo was

rhinolophus (the horseshoe bats), Kock et al assign it to a new group adami along with the eponymous species R. adami (Adam's horseshoe bat), also recognized by Demos et al (2019).[2][4] On the other hand, F. P. D. Cotterill assigns it to the existing capensis group in a 2002 taxonomic analysis.[5] The group was defined on the basis of morphological data only due to a lack of genetic data.[3]

The species name maendeleo is from Swahili for "progress", intended as an allusion to the improvements made in understanding Tanzanian bats.[2]

Habitat and conservation status

The Maendeleo horseshoe bat inhabits caves of the Coastal Lowland forests of

type locality), and Mzaumbai Forest Reserve, Usambara Mountains.[1] A 2010 bat inventory in Mozambique caught two specimens provisionally identified as R. maendeleo at Mount Namuli, but the species identification was uncertain due to minor differences from the holotype specimen.[6] Later reanalysis found that these specimens actually represented a new species, Rhinolophus namuli, the Namuli horseshoe bat.[3]

As of 2025[update], its conservation status is currently evaluated as

IUCN.[1]

Description

Rhinolophus maendeleo is a medium sized bat, with a forearm length of approximately 48 millimetres (1.9 in). It has a brown back fading to white on the lower stomach and loins, with a darker brown "collar" around the neck and upper chest. It has large ears with blunt tips.[2]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T44783A22067758.en
    . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^
    ISSN 1508-1109
    .
  4. PMID 31434566
    .
  5. ISSN 1469-7998
    .
  6. doi:10.3161/150811010X537963
    .
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