Record details

:   22507
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AA
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2017-10-31
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   I only found the head of the bat on the ground.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   171179
Species name:   Rhinolophus sp.
Common name:   Horseshoe Bats
Family:   Rhinolophidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-22507
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Adriaan Harrison
Comment:   Clearly a rhinolophid bat. The large gap between the canine and second premolar in the upper jaw suggests that it is probably R. capensis, the Cape Horseshoe Bat.
Date:   2018-02-10 14:33:36
Species name:   Rhinolophus sp. -- Horseshoe Bats
Species code:   171179

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