Kahuzi horseshoe bat

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Kahuzi horseshoe bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species:
R. kahuzi
Binomial name
Rhinolophus kahuzi
Kerbis Peterhans & Fahr, 2013

The Kahuzi horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus kahuzi) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae, which is found in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is named after Mount Kahuzi. [2]

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References

  1. Monadjem, A. (2020). "Rhinolophus kahuzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T82347204A82347492. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T82347204A82347492.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Kerbis Peterhans, J. C.; Fahr, J.; Huhndorf, M. H.; Kaleme, P.; Plumptre, A. J.; Marks, B. D.; Kizungu, R. 2013. «Bats (Chiroptera) from the Albertine Rift, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with the description of two new species of the Rhinolophus maclaudi group». Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 62: 186-202