Order Chiroptera - Family Rhinolophidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 350 365 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Rhinolophus silvestris Aellen 1959 Rhinolophus silvestris Aellen 1959 , Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve , 12: 228 . Type Locality: Gabon , Latoursville, N'Dumbu Cave. Vernacular Names: Forest Horseshoe Bat . Distribution: Gabon , Republic of Congo . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: ferrumequinum species group. Considered a subspecies of clivosus by Hayman and Hill (1971) , but see Koopman (1975) , Cotterill (2002) , and Csorba et al. (2003) . The relationships of silvestris and deckeni are unclear, these forms may be conspecific; see Csorba et al. (2003) .