One of the most frequent horseshoe bats of the dry savannas of southern and eastern Africa, always linked to caves and other underground roosts where it forms its colonies. Its name honours a former Rhodesian colonial administrator with an interest in natural history.
A medium-small horseshoe bat with the characteristic horseshoe-shaped noseleaf of the genus; it is easily confused with the Damara Horseshoe Bat, from which it could only be separated by genetic analysis in 2013, and its reliable field identification compared to other species in the region requires examination in the hand.
Dry savanna, caves and other underground roosts in southern and eastern Africa.
Insectivorous; hunts using the constant-frequency echolocation typical of the genus.
Forms colonies in caves and underground roosts; nocturnal activity.
A widely distributed species with no evidence of significant decline at a global scale.
No major threats identified; locally, disturbance of cave roosts could pose a risk.
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