Species Rhinolophus darlingi K. Andersen, 1905 (Darling's horseshoe bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Rhinolophidae
  • ----- species: Rhinolophus darlingi
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 8-9cm; pale fur; characteristic nose-leaf with horseshoe-shaped base; large ears
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1003
Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 58
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/25522547
Date: 2013-08-01
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Identified with use of bat detector and habitat found in. One of the only known accessible roosts within the Kruger National Park at present. Situated at Olifants Rest Camp.

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