Rhinolophus denti

O. Thomas, 1904

Dent's Horseshoe Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1904-05-01. Three new bats, African and Asiatic. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)13(77):384-388.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108472

Original name as described

Rhinolophus Denti

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/21f877ab-a3dc-4270-880c-50737cf1afcb

Type locality

"Kuruman, Bechuanaland [Northern Cape Province, South Africa]. Alt. 1300 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Namibia · Nigeria · Senegal · Sierra Leone · South Africa · Republic of the Congo? · South Sudan?

Distribution references

Meyo Okono, F.P., Akono Ntonga, P., Grunwald, A.L., Demos, T.C., Essome Nguesse, L., Hurme, E.R., Patterson, B.D. and Eric Moise, B.F. 2026. Diversity and distribution of bats in and around Campo-Ma’an National Park, Cameroon, with an initial acoustic database. Pensoft Publishers. doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e195471

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004679

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Rhinolophus Denti

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

denti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Kuruman, Bechuanaland. Alt. 1300 m.

Type locality

South Africa: Northern Cape: 27°6′S, 23°4′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/21f877ab-a3dc-4270-880c-50737cf1afcb

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108472

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1929:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
Shortridge (1934:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
Allen (1939:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Shortridge (1942:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
Corbet & Hill (1980:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
Corbet & Hill (1991:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Happold & Happold (2013:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19538/21979433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinolophus denti denti:

Shortridge, 1942

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

denti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888915

Authority publication

Annals of the South African Museum

Name usages

Shortridge (1942:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhinolophus denti knorri

Eisentraut, 1960

Family

Rhinolophidae

Root name

knorri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 6111

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Höhle bei Nyembaro am Salung-Plateau, 12 km westlich Kolente

Type locality

Guinea.

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34022205

Authority publication

Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde

Name usages

Koopman (1994:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)

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