Rhinolophus silvestris Aellen 1959

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Rhinolophidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 350-365 : 363

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scientific name	Rhinolophus silvestris Aellen 1959
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Rhinolophus silvestris Aellen 1959 , Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve, 12: 228.

Type Locality: Gabon, Latoursville, N'Dumbu Cave.

Vernacular Names: Forest Horseshoe Bat.

Distribution: Gabon, Republic of Congo.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: ferrumequinum species group. Considered a subspecies of clivosus by Hayman and Hill (1971), but see Koopman (1975), Cotterill (2002), and Csorba et al. (2003). The relationships of silvestris and deckeni are unclear, these forms may be conspecific; see Csorba et al. (2003).