Rhinolophus mabuensis P. J. Taylor 2012
Creators: name: Burgin, Connor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus
Rhinolophus mabuensis

description: <b>18</b>. <i>Mount</i> Mabu <i>Horseshoe</i> Bat <i>Rhinolophus mabuensis</i> French: Rhinolophe du Mabu / <b>German:</b> Mabu-Hufeisennase / <b>Spanish:</b> Herradura del monte Mabu Taxonomy. <i>Rhinolophus mabuensis</i> P. <i>J.</i> Taylor <i>et al,</i> 2012, “ Mt Mabu, northern Mozambique, 16° 17’ 2”S; 36° 23’ 53”E; elevation 1043 m <i>asl</i>.” <i>Rhinolophus mabuensis</i> is in the <i>fumigatus</i> species group; it was previously identified as <i>R hildebrandtii,</i> but recent genetic and morphological studies justified its separate species status. <i>Rhinolophus mabuensis</i> is in a clade including <i> R hildebrandtii, R <i>cohenae,</i> and <i>R smithersi.</i> Monotypic.</i> Distribution. N Mozambique (Mt Inago and <b>Mt</b> Mabu) but possibly extending to nearby Mts Namuli, Chiperone, Mulanje, and Malawi Rift Descriptive <b>notes.</b> Forearm 66- 1—69 mm. The <i>Mount</i> Mabu Horseshoe <b>Bat</b> is <i>externally</i> similar to Hildebrandt’s Horseshoe Bat (<i>A hildebrandtii)</i> but has larger external dimensions. Dorsal pelage of the <i>Mount</i> Mabu Horseshoe Bat is gray to grayish brown; venter is slighdy paler. There is no orange morph. Males lack axillary tufts. Ears are medium-long in length. Noseleafhas long subtriangular lancet, with <i>straight</i> or slighdy concave sides and rounded tip; connecting process is rounded and does not reach tip of sella (although connecting process forms continuous arch in a specimen from Mt Inago); sella is moderately covered in longish hairs and has concave sides near base but parallel sides near broad and rounded top; and horseshoe is broad at 10-15 mm, covers muzzle, has lateral leaflets, and has deeply notched median emargination. Lower lip has one groove. <i>Wings</i> and uropatagium are dark grayish brown. Skull is robust and comparatively long, with robust zygomatic arches and zygomatic width much larger than mastoid width; nasal swellings are <i>relatively</i> high and longer than they are broad; frontal depression is deep and well developed, and supraorbital ridges are well developed; and sagittal crest is well developed. Dental formula differs from the usual of 32 teeth of other species of <i>Rhinolophus.</i> 11/2, <i>C</i> 1/1, P 2/2, M 3/3 (x2) = 30. P2 is prominent and either in tooth row or fully displaced labially; C1 and P4 do not touch; and P3 is absent, allowing P2 and P4 to touch. <b>Habitat.</b> Montane or submontane forests on the two mountains where they were collected at elevations of 1000-1043 m. <b>Food and Feeding.</b> No information. <b>Breeding.</b> No information. <b>Activity patterns. Call</b> shape is FM/CF/FM, and <b>F</b> component is c.38 kHz. <b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> No information. <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Not assessed on <i>The IUCNRed List.</i> There are only two known specimens of the <b>Mount</b> Mabu Horseshoe <b>Bat</b>, indicating it is difficult to find. Its distribution is presumably small, but it could be larger. Additional sampling is needed to clarify its conservation status. <b>Bibliography.</b> ACR (2018),Taylor eta/. (2012).
description: Published as part of <i>Burgin, Connor, 2019, Rhinolophidae, pp. 280-332 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions</i> on page 289, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3748525