Authority citation: Benda, P., Uvizl, M., Eiseb, S.J. and Avenant, N.L. 2024-03-25. On the systematic position of the horseshoe bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lesotho. Mammalia 88(3):239-258.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0119
Original name as described: Rhinolophus cervenyi
Nominal names: cervenyi Benda, Uvizl, Eiseb, & Avenant, 2024
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Rhinolophidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: NMPr 97760
Type locality: "Kingdom of Lesotho, Sehlabathebe National Park, small cave near the old park lodge, 29°52′02″S, 29°07′15″E, 2417 m a. s. l."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Lesotho (LSO) | South Africa (ZAF)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Benda, P., Uvizl, M., Eiseb, S. J., & Avenant, N. L. (2024). On the systematic position of the horseshoe bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lesotho. Mammalia, (0).
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