| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Chiroptera
- ---- family: Rhinolophidae
- ----- species: Hipposideros caffer
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| Characteristics: | insectivore; body-length: 8-9 cm, wing-span: 29 cm; the colour varies from grey-brown to golden-yellow; the ears are large and pointy; the nose-leaf is horseshoe-shaped; some have large (4 cm) teats in the pubic area; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0116
- KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 210 |
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