Rhinolophus ziama

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: Rhinolophus ziama

Name

Rhinolophus ziama Fahr, Vierhaus, Hutterer & Kock, 2002: 109

• Holotype: ZFMK 1999.934, adult ♂, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by H. Vierhaus on 12 August 1992.
• Type locality: “western edge of Sérédou near park station, border of "Réserve de la Biosphère du Massif du Ziama", Guinée Forestière, Guinea”.

Native distribution areas

• South-East Guinea
• North-West Liberia
• Sierra Leone

References

Primary references

• Fahr, J., Vierhaus, H., Hutterer, R. & Kock, D. 2002. A revision of the Rhinolophus maclaudi species group with the description of a new species from West Africa (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Myotis 40: 95–126. Reference page. 

Links

• Cooper-Bohannon, R. & Monadjem, A. 2020. IUCN: Rhinolophus ziama  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44786A22068674. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T44786A22068674.en. Accessed on 01 April 2025.

Vernacular names

English: Ziama Leaf-nosed Bat