Rhinolophus acrotis subsp. augur Andersen 1904
Creators: name: Benda, Petr
name: Uvizl, Marek
name: Eiseb, Seth J.
name: Avenant, Nico L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus
Rhinolophus acrotis
Rhinolophus acrotis augur andersen 1904

description: Rhinolophus acrotis augur Andersen 1904
Kenya [6]: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (NMW 32251, 32253 [S+B]), Chepnyalil Cave, Mt. Elgon NP, 24 December 1980, leg. F. Spitzenberger & Kenya Expedition 1980/1981; – 2 ♂♂ (NMW 32256, 32258 [S+B]), Kitum Cave, Mt. Elgon National Park, 24 December 1980, leg. F. Spitzenberger & Kenya Expedition 1980/1981; – 1 ♂ (NMW 32260 [S+B]), Makingeny Cave, Mt. Elgon National Park, 24 December 1980, leg. F. Spitzenberger & Kenya Expedition 1980/1981; – 1 ♀ (SMF 39427 [S]), Naibei’ s Great Cave, Kapasakwany, Süd Seite des Mt. Elgon, 13 December 1970, leg. Dr. Mutuku.
Malawi [4]: 1 ♂ (BMNH 97.10.1.18. [S+B], holotype of R. augur zambesiensis Andersen, 1904), Fort Hill, N. Nyasa, July 1896, leg. A. Whyba; – 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (NMP mw199, mw231, mw232 [S+A]), Ntchisi Forest Reserve, 8–9 July 2008, leg. J. ŠklÍba.
Mozambique [1]: 1 ♀ (MSNG 18316 [S+B]), Quelimane, 5 November 1908, collector unlisted.
Rwanda [1]: 1 ind. (SMF 92961 [S+Sk]), Lava-Höhle Ubuvumo, 11 December 2004, leg. Laumanns.
South Africa [30]: 1 ♀ (SMF 55037 [S+B]), Doornhoek, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 27 March 1976, leg. I. W. Espie; – 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (DM 8373–8375 [S+A]), Fort Yolland Farm, EshoweMelmoth, Entumeni Dist., KwaZulu-Natal, 14 May 2005, leg. P. J. Taylor; – 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (NMW 26126–26132 [S+B]), Guano Cave, Tsitsikama, Coastal National Park, Cape Prov., 4 December 1975, leg. F. Spitzenberger & B. Herzig; – 1 ♂ (TM 46882 [S+A]), Haffenden Heights, Limpopo, 3 November 2002, leg. L. Cohen; – 1 ♀ (BMNH 4.5.1.8. [S+B], holotype of R. augur zuluensis Andersen, 1904), Jususic Valley, 20 mi NW of Eshowe, Zululand, 17 November 1903, leg. C. H. B. Grant; – 1 ♂ (TM 47619 [S+A]), Kaalrug, Mpumalanga, 25 October 2004, leg. L. Cohen; – 1 ♂ (MSNG 44467 [S+A]), Kenilworth, soborgo della Citta del Capo, 15 March 1906, leg. W. L. Sclater; – 2 ♂♂ (NMB 11072, 11075 [S+B]), Koegelbeen Cave, Hay (Griekwastad), Northern Cape, 22 February 1997, coll. N. Avenant; – 1 ♂ (BMNH 4.10.1.1. [S+B], holotype of R. augur Andersen, 1904), Kuruman, Bechuana, 19 April 1904, leg. R. B. Woosnam; – 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (DM 8376–8379 [S+A]), Melmoth, Woodlands Estate, KwaZulu-Natal, 15 May 2005, leg. P. J. Taylor; – 2 ♀♀ (NMB 10573, 10638 [S+B]), Merrimetzie, Winburg Dist., Free State, 6 February 1996, coll. J. P. Eksteen & N. Avenant; – 1 ♂ (MSNG 73 [A]), Ookiep, Namaqualand, 1906, collector unlisted; – 1 ♂ (SMF 44809 [S+A]), Rhin. Z., Transvaal, 27 December 1952, leg. Zumpt; – 1 ♂ (MSNG 42112 [A]), Sud Africa, Rhodesia Mus., date and collector unlisted; – 1 ♀ (TM 46643 [S+A]), Sudwala Caves, Mpumalanga, 18 December 2008, leg. H. C. Schoeman & S. Stoffberg; – 1 ♀ (SMF 19557 [S]), Uitkoms, Transvaal, 19 January 1958, leg. J. Meester; – 1 ♂ (MSNG 44381 [A]), Wonderfontein Cave, Potchefstroom District, Transvaal, April 1907, collector unlisted.
Tanzania [4]: 2 ♂♂ (SMF 91227, 91228 [S+A]), Amani-Sigi Forest Reserve, E Usambara Mts., Tanga Reg., 05°07′S, 38°39′E, 14 March 1999, leg. Frontier; – 1 ♂ (SMF 92505 [S+A]), Nilo Forest Reserve, 3 August 2000, leg. Frontier; – 1 ♀ (NMW 19822 [S]), Ugano, Ruvumq Prov., 1935–1936, leg. H. Zerny.
Uganda [1]: 1 ♀ (SMF 44092 [S+A]), Kisoro, Kigezi Dist., 01°17′ S, 29°42′E, 30 October 1975, leg. A. B. C. Killango.
description: Published as part of Benda, Petr, Uvizl, Marek, Eiseb, Seth J. & Avenant, Nico L., 2024, On the systematic position of the horseshoe bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lesotho, pp. 239-258 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3) on pages 254-255, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0119, http://zenodo.org/record/13914021