Rhinolophus simulator alticolus Sanborn 1936

Mongombe, Aaron Manga, Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo & Tamesse, Joseph Lebel, 2020, Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon, Zoosystema 42 (24), pp. 483-514 : 499

Rhinolophus simulator alticolus Sanborn 1936

Rhinolophus simulator alticolus Sanborn, 1936: 108 .

COMMON NAME. — English: Bushveld Horseshoe Bat. French: Rhinolophe de Bushveld.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 85 specimens.

Mount Cameroon area • 41 ♀♀, 21 ♂♂, 22 specimens; Buea ; 4° 09’00”N, 9°12’00”E; 1050 m; 18.I.1954 - 2.I.1958; Martin Eisentraut leg.; SMNS 5137 to 5192, 6597 to 6607, 6760 to 6762, ZFMK 1961.0675 to 0685, ZFMK 1969.0450 to 0452 • 1 speci- men; Musake ; 4°12’00”N, 9°12’00”E; 2000 m; 29.I.1954; Martin Eisentraut leg.; SMNS 5193 .

ORIGINAL DATA. — This species had previously been signalled in Mount Cameroon ( Brosset 2003), but no specimen attributed to this species was recorded during our field surveys.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — According to Cotterill & Happold (2013), this species has diverse habitat, ranging from montane forest and moist savannah to rainforest savannah mosaic. It roosts singly or in small groups in caves. This species has been recorded in Mount Nimba in West Africa ( Guinea and Liberia), in central Nigeria ( Denys et al. 2013), in the Cameroonian Highlands, in Eastern Africa and southern Africa ( Cotterill & Happold 2013).

REMARK. — Though Rhinolophus simulator alticolus has been suggested as a separate species by Csorba et al. (2003), it is still retained as a subspecies of Rhinolophus simulator with the subspecies R. s. simulator Andersen, 1904 being restricted to eastern and southern Africa ( Simmons 2005).