Rhinolophus capensis

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,402 meters (0 to 4,600 feet).[1]

Ecology: This bat has been recorded from a range of habitats , including fynbos, in coastal areas. Populations roost in suitable coastal and sea caves, and have been recorded from dark lofts, and disused mines (Taylor 2000; Csorba, Ujhelyi and Thomas 2003; Smithers and Chimimba 2005). The diet consists largely of beetles, but other invertebrates are also taken. the breeding season is December to February, with a single young born.[2].

List of Habitats:

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     7     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)   
  
•     7.1     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves   
  
•     7.2     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Other Subterranean Habitats   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rhinolophus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 85 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. acuminatus (Accuminate Horseshoe Bat) · R. adami (Adam's Horseshoe Bat) · R. affinis (Intermediate Horseshoe Bat) · R. alcyone (Halcyon Horseshoe Bat) · R. anderseni (Andersen's Horseshoe Bat) · R. arcuatus (Arcuate Horseshoe Bat) · R. beddomei (Beddome's Horseshoe Bat) · R. blasii (BLASIUS' HORSESHOE BAT) · R. bocharicus (Bokhara Horseshoe Bat) · R. borneensis (Bornean Horseshoe Bat) · R. canuti (Canut's Horseshoe Bat) · R. capensis (Cape Horseshoe Bat) · R. celebensis (Sulawesi Horseshoe Bat) · R. clivosus (Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat) · R. coelophyllus (Croslet Horseshoe Bat) · R. cognatus (Andaman Horseshoe Bat) · R. convexus (Convex Horseshoe Bat) · R. cornutus (Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat) · R. cornutus cornutus (Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat) · R. creaghi (Creagh's Horseshoe Bat) · R. darlingi (Darling's Horseshoe Bat) · R. deckenii (Decken's Horseshoe Bat) · R. denti (Dent's Horseshoe Bat) · R. eloquens (Eloquent Horseshoe Bat) · R. euryale (Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat) · R. euryotis (New Guinea Horseshoe Bat) · R. ferrumequinum (Greater Horseshoe Bat) · R. formosae (Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat) · R. fumigatus (Rueppell's Horseshoe Bat) · R. guineensis (Guinean Horseshoe Bat) · R. hildebrandti (Hildebrandt's Horseshoe Bat) · R. hilli (Hill's Horseshoe Bat) · R. hillorum (Upland Horseshoe Bat) · R. hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. hipposideros hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. imaizumii (Imaizumi's Horseshoe Bat) · R. inops (Philippine Forest Horseshoe Bat) · R. keyensis (Kai Horseshoe Bat) · R. landeri (Lander's Horseshoe Bat) · R. lepidus (Blyth's Horseshoe Bat) · R. luctus (Great Woolly Horsehoe Bat) · R. maclaudi (Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat) · R. macrotis (Big-Eared Horseshoe Bat) · R. madurensis (Madura Horseshoe Bat) · R. maendeleo (Maendeleo Horseshoe Bat) · R. malayanus (North Malayan Horseshoe Bat) · R. marshalli (Marshall's Horseshoe Bat) · R. megaphyllus (Eastern Horseshoe Bat) · R. megaphyllus megaphyllus (Smaller Horseshoe Bat) · R. mehelyi (Mehely's Horseshoe Bat) · R. mehelyi mehelyi (Mehely's Horseshoe Bat) · R. mitratus (Mitred Horseshow Bat) · R. monoceros (Formosan Lesser Horseshoe Bat) · R. montanus (Timorese Horseshoe Bat) · R. nereis (Anamban Horseshoe Bat) · R. osgoodi (Osgood's Horseshoe Bat) · R. paradoxolophus (Bourret's Horseshoe Bat) · R. pearsoni (Pearson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. pearsonii (Horseshoe Bats) · R. philippinensis (Philippines Horseshoe Bat) · R. pusillus (Least Horseshoe Bat) · R. rex (King Horseshoe Bat) · R. robinsoni (Robinson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. rouxi (Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. rouxii (Horseshoe Bats) · R. rufus (Large Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. ruwenzorii (Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat) · R. sakejiensis (Sakeji Horseshoe Bat) · R. sedulus (Lesser Wooly Horseshoe Bat) · R. shameli (Shamel's Horseshoe Bat) · R. shortridgei (Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat) · R. siamensis (Thai Horseshoe Bat) · R. silvestris (Forest Horseshoe Bat) · R. simplex (Lombok Horseshoe Bat) · R. simulator (Bushveld Horseshoe Bat) · R. sinicus (Chinese Horseshoe Bat) · R. stheno (Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat) · R. subbadius (Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat) · R. subrufus (Small Rufous Horseshoe Bat) · R. swinnyi (Swinny's Horseshoe Bat) · R. thomasi (Thomas's Horseshoe Bat) · R. trifoliatus (Trefoil Horseshoe Bat) · R. virgo (Yellow-Faced Horseshoe Bat) · R. yunanensis (Dobson's Horseshoe Bat) · R. ziama (Ziama Horseshoe Bat)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 83 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 73.
• Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1878. url .
• Catalogue of the bones of Mammalia in the collection of the British museum. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1862. url .
• Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum / [compiled by Edward Gerrard]. London: printed by Taylor and Francis, by order of the Trustees, 1862 url p. 42.
• IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1030, p. 601.
• Journal of morphology. Boston: Ginn & Co., [1887-1924] url p. 153.
• Observations on the biology of some Rhodesian bats: including a key to the Chiroptera of Rhodesia / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1975. url p. 16, p. 19.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 117.
• Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 164.
• South African mammals. A short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportsmen and travellers. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1920. url p. 24.
• South African mammals: a short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportsmen and travellers / Alwin Haagner; with numerous illustrations. London: H.F. & G. Witherby; 1920. url p. 24.
• South African mammals; a short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportsmen and travellers. London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1920. url .
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 384, p. 384, p. 456, p. 456, p. 464.
• The families and genera of bats / Washington: Govt. Print. 0ff., 1907. url .
• The mammals of South Africa / by W.L. Sclater. .. London: R.H. Porter, 1900-01. url , p. 114.
• The natural history of South Africa. .. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1919-20. url , .

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Taylor, P.J. 2008. Rhinolophus capensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Mammals

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104270
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631417
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13810745
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631417
• IUCN ID: 239543
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10730

Footnotes

1. Mean = 270.600 meters (887.795 feet), Standard Deviation = 636.380 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Taylor, P.J. 2008. Rhinolophus capensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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