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MammalMAP:   3486
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431BA
Observer:   Kinghorn John
Date of record:   2012-08-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Identified by general characteristics as well as recording of Echolocation call
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   171870
Species name:   Rhinolophus darlingi
Common name:   Darling's Horseshoe Bat -- Darling's Horseshoe Bat
Family:   Rhinolophidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Darlings Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus darlingi)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-3486
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3486 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2012-09-05 12:26:41
Species name:   Rhinolophus darlingi -- Darling's Horseshoe Bat; Darling's Horseshoe Bat
Species code:   171870
Comment number:   2
By:   Julio Balona
Comment:   Will need more info on frequency of echolocation call and how it was recorded e.g. if the call was somewhere between ~86kHz (R. darlingi) and ~82kHz (R. simulator) can confound the ID, especially if measured imprecisely on heterodyne detector.
Date:   2014-10-05 09:44:26
Species name:   Rhinolophus sp. -- Horseshoe Bats
Species code:   171179

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