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.