Rhinolophus adami Aellen &amp; Brosset 1968
Creators: name: Burgin, Connor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus
Rhinolophus adami

description: 1. Adam’s Horseshoe <b>Bat</b> <i>Rhinolophus adami</i> French: <i>Rhinolophe</i> du Congo <i>I</i> <b>German:</b> <i>Adam-Hufeisennase</i> / <b>Spanish:</b> Herradura <i>del Congo</i> <b> Other <i>common</i> names:</b> Congo Horseshoe Bat <b>Taxonomy.</b> <i>Rhinolophus adami</i> Aellen &amp; Brosset, 1968, “ Grotte [= cave] de Kimanika, Kouilou, République du Congo [= <i>Republic</i> of the Congo] <i>Rhinolophus adami</i> is in the <i>odami</i> species group along with <i>R maendeleo</i> based on morphology, but its phylogenetic relation­ ships are unknown. Monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> Kimanika Cave, Kouilou, S Republic of the Congo. Descriptive <b>notes.</b> Tail 25—28 mm, ear 25-26 mm, hindfoot 9 mm, forearm 46-50 mm. Pelage is light to dark brown on back and head and <i>gray</i> brown on <i>belly</i> (one individual was whitish on lower abdomen). Noseleaf is large and almost covers muzzle (breadth 8- 5—9 mm); posterior part is subtriangular, with erect tip; horseshoe has well-defined notch on anterior border; sella is large and broad, with rounded tip that is narrower at tip and constricted in middle; connecting process forms more or less continuous arch; lancet is long, with convex or nearly convex oudine and rounded tip; and lower lip has three grooves. Tail is very long, ears are comparatively large (51-53% of forearm length), and wings and uropatagium are dark brown. Baculum has short basal cone, with shallow dorsal and ventral invagination; thick shaft becomes dorso-ventrally flattened distally; and tip is not expanded. Skull is narrow; mastoid width is much larger than zygomatic breadth; anterior median swellings are well developed; sagittal crest is weak; frontal depression is long and <i>relatively</i> deep; palatal bridge is long; infraorbital foramen is <i>covered</i> by bony bar; C1 is <i>relatively</i> developed; P2 is small; and P3 is <i>slighdy</i> displaced labially. <b>Habitat.</b> <i>Only</i> collected in roost caves. The Kouilou area, where roost caves of Adam’s Horseshoe Bats occur, is a mosaic of lowland rainforest and secondary grassland with limestone caves, but its habitat preferences are unknown. <b>Food and</b> Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. <b>Activity</b> patterns. No information. Movements, <b>Home range and Social organization.</b> No information. <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Data Deficient on <i>IUCN ed List.</i> Adam’s Horseshoe Bat is <i>only</i> known from eleven specimens (four described in original description and seven recognized <i>by</i> D. Kock and colleagues in 2000) collected at the type locality, and <i>it</i> might be naturally rare and threatened <i>by</i> cave disturbance. Virtually nothing is known of its ecology and evolutionary relationships; additional research is needed. <b>Bibliography.</b> ACR (2018), Adam &amp; <i>Le</i> Pont (1974), <i>Aellen</i> &amp; Brosset (1968), Csorba eta/. (2003), Happold, M. (2013o), Jacobs eta/. (2008a), Kock eta/. (2000).
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 281, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3748525