Rediscovery of the critically endangered Hill's horseshoe bat ( Rhinolophushilli ) and other new records of bat species in Rwanda.

Autor:	Flanders J; American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States of America American Museum of Natural History New York United States of America.; Tulane University, New Orleans, United States of America Tulane University New Orleans United States of America.; Bat Conservation International, Austin, United States of America Bat Conservation International Austin United States of America., Frick WF; Bat Conservation International, Austin, United States of America Bat Conservation International Austin United States of America.; University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States of America University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz United States of America., Nziza J; Gorilla Doctors, Kigali, Rwanda Gorilla Doctors Kigali Rwanda., Nsengimana O; Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association Kigali Rwanda., Kaleme P; Centre de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN), Lwiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo Centre de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN) Lwiro Democratic Republic of the Congo., Dusabe MC; Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association Kigali Rwanda., Ndikubwimana I; Fauna and Flora International, Monrovia, Liberia Fauna and Flora International Monrovia Liberia., Twizeyimana I; Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association Kigali Rwanda., Kibiwot S; University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya University of Eldoret Eldoret Kenya., Ntihemuka P; Nyungwe National Park, Kitabi, Rwanda Nyungwe National Park Kitabi Rwanda., Cheng TL; Bat Conservation International, Austin, United States of America Bat Conservation International Austin United States of America., Muvunyi R; Rwanda Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Development Board Kigali Rwanda., Webala P; Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya Maasai Mara University Narok Kenya.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Biodiversity data journal [Biodivers Data J] 2022 May 19; Vol. 10, pp. e83546. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 19 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.3897/BDJ.10.e83546
Abstrakt:	Background: For forty years, there has been growing uncertainty about whether Hill's horseshoe bat ( Rhinolophushilli ) still persists in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Only known from one small area within the National Park, R.hilli is listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), based on its extremely small geographic range and presumed low number of mature individuals. Here, we present and describe bat species occurrence data contributed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) that we collected as part of a long-term collaborative project to rediscover this lost species. This data paper describes the survey methods and findings resulting from cave roost surveys, capture surveys, and acoustic sampling of bat echolocation activity in Nyungwe National Park and surrounding areas in south-western Rwanda from 2013-2020 and their conservation relevance. New Information: We report the discovery of an extant population of Hill's horseshoe bat ( Rhinolophushilli ) in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, 40 years since the last reported observation of the species in 1981. We also report the first record of Lander's horseshoe bat ( Rhinolophuslanderi ) in Nyungwe National Park and the first record of the Damara woolly bat ( Kerivoulaargentata ) in Rwanda. The dataset contributed to GBIF and described in this paper includes 278 occurrence records from 10 bat species of five families detected at 71 locations in or near Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. We include a description of the morphological descriptions of R.hilli and present the first acoustic echolocation signatures and phylogenetic information for this species. (Jon Flanders, Winifred F Frick, Julius Nziza, Olivier Nsengimana, Prince Kaleme, Marie Claire Dusabe, Innocent Ndikubwimana, Innocent Twizeyimana, Sospeter Kibiwot, Pierre Ntihemuka, Tina L Cheng, Richard Muvunyi, Paul Webala.)
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