Ziama horseshoe bat

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Rhinolophus ziama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. ziama
Binomial name
Rhinolophus ziama
Fahr, Vierhaus, Hütterer & Kock, 2002
Range

The Ziama horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ziama) is a species of

monstane forests.[1] In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.[4]

Description

The Ziama horseshoe bat can be distinguished from the

pelage is soft and woolly in texture, with dorsal hairs paler at the base and darker at the tip; ventral hairs are uniformly buffy[2]

R. maclaudi group

As the genus

sella and lancet.[6]

R. maclaudi and R. ziama are considered the two West African taxa, while the other four species are found further east around the Albertine Rift.[6] The West African species are larger in size than the East African species, with R. maclaudi as the largest bat of the species group.[2] As these species are very similar morphologically, it was previously thought that R. hilli and R. ruwenzorii were the same taxon, and that the taxon was a subspecies of the Maclaud's horseshoe bat.[7]

Conservation

As of 2002, only four specimens had ever been encountered; all were captured via mist-netting in 1990 and 1992.[2] Three were encountered in the Ziama Massif of Guinea, while the other was captured in Wonegizi Nature Conservation Unit in Liberia.[2] Based on the two known locations of occurrence at the time, the species range was feared to be as small as 32 km2 (12 sq mi)[2] There are concerns that its habitat in Liberia could have been damaged by the Second Liberian Civil War.[2] In 2006, a fifth specimen was captured in

IUCN.[5]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T44786A22068674.en
    . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Fahr, J., Vierhaus, H., Hutterer, R., & Kock, D. (2002). A revision of the Rhinolophus maclaudi species group with the description of a new species from West Africa (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Myotis, 40, 95-126.
  3. ^ a b Decher, J., Norris, R. W., & Fahr, J. (2010). Small mammal survey in the upper Seli River valley, Sierra Leone. mammalia, 74(2), 163-176.
  4. ^ "Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). batcon.org. Bat Conservation International. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Kingdon, J., Happold, D., Butynski, T., Hoffmann, M., Happold, M., & Kalina, J. (2013). Mammals of Africa (Vol. 1). A&C Black.
  6. ^ a b c Peterhans, J. C. K., Fahr, J., Huhndorf, M. H., Kaleme, P., Plumptre, A. J., Marks, B. D., & Kizungu, R. (2013). Bats (Chiroptera) from the Albertine Rift, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with the description of two new species of the Rhinolophus maclaudi group. Bonn Zool Bull, 62, 186-202.
  7. ^ Smith, J. D., & Hood, C. S. (1980). Additional material of Rhinolophus ruwenzorii Hill, 1942, with comments on its natural history and taxonomic status. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Bat Research Conference,(eds. DE Wilson & AL Gardner) (pp. 163-171).
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