Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species.

ABSTRACT: Roughly a third of all horseshoe bat species (Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus) are found in Africa, where a recent continent-wide genetic survey suggested the presence of both undescribed and apparently invalid species. Here, we focus on the R. landeri species complex and the recent elevation of R. lobatus Peters, 1852, to species rank. That action created ambiguity in the taxonomy of East African members of the group-are both R. landeri Martin, 1838, and R. lobatus sympatric in East Africa or is another, unnamed species present there? Here, we refine genetic, morphological, and behavioral characterizations of R. landeri and its erstwhile synonyms with samples from the vicinity of their type localities. The distribution of R. landeri appears to b

SUBMITTER: Patterson BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11776429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature