Rhinolophus kowalskii Topál 1979 (horseshoe bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae

Full reference: G. Topál. 1979. Fossil bats of the Rhinolophus ferrumequinum group in Hungary (Mammalia: Chirooptera). Fragmenta Mineralogica et Palaeontologica 9:61-101

Belongs to Rhinolophus according to G. Topál 1979

Sister taxa: Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus borneensis, Rhinolophus clivosus, Rhinolophus contrarius, Rhinolophus csakvarensis, Rhinolophus dehmi, Rhinolophus delphinensis, Rhinolophus estramontis, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus hanaki, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus lemanensis, Rhinolophus macrorhinus, Rhinolophus pleistocaenicus, Rhinolophus postdelphinensis, Rhinolophus priscus, Rhinolophus pumilio, Rhinolophus rouxii, Rhinolophus wenzensis, Rhinolophus yongyuthi

Type specimen: Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, unnumbered, a mandible. Its type locality is Podlesice, which is in a MN 14 cave breccia in Poland.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Poland (2 collections)

• Miocene of Italy (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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