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MammalMAP:   1473
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3419BA
Observer:   Kadis R
Date of record:   2012-01-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Trapped in a harp trap at Lismore Wine Estate's under house cellar during bat-monitoring on wind energy farms training course.
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:   Geoffroy's Horseshoe bat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-1473
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1473 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1473 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2012-02-05 08:27:31
Species name:   Rhinolophus clivosus -- Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat; Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat
Species code:   171650
Comment number:   2
By:   Julio Balona
Comment:   If it was caught on a bat training course then presumably it was identified on some basis ? With the info currently provided can't say if it is R. capensis or R. clivosus.
Date:   2014-10-05 09:23:57
Species name:   Rhinolophus sp. -- Horseshoe Bats
Species code:   171179

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