Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1853

Decher, Jan, Norris, Ryan W., Abedi-Lartey, Michael, Oppong, James, Hutterer, Rainer, Weinbrenner, Martin, Koch, Martin, Podsiadlowski, Lars & Kilpatrick, C. William, 2021, A survey of small mammals in the Volta Region of Ghana with comments on zoogeography and conservation, Zoosystema 43 (14), pp. 253-281 : 269

Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1853

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Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1853: 80 .

COMMON NAME. — Halcyon Horseshoe Bat.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Kalakpa Resource Reserve • 1 ♀; SMF 89668. Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary • 4 ♂; ZTNHC 952 +958, SMF 89669+92129 • 2 ♀; SMF 92127+92128. Apesokubi • 1 ♀; SMF 92130 .

REMARK

Larger than R. landeri Martin, 1838 (weight: 12.5-14.6 g; forearm: 47.5-53 mm). Our specimens confirm that R. alcyone is widely distributed in forest and forest-savanna mosaic. The closest previous records are from Akaniem north of Kete Krachi and from Breniasi and Worawora south of Apesokubi ( Grubb 1971). In Côte d’Ivoire Fahr (1996) captured three out of five specimens in savanna.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — Listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List, this species was the most common rhinolophid bat in our survey and is probably of lesser conservation concern in the Ghana-Togo Highlands.

Figures

FIG. 10. — Halcyon Hoseshoe Bat Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1853, ♀ from Apesokubi (SMF 92130). Photo: M. Weinbrenner 2001.