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Hipposideros
Hipposideros cervinus - Gould.jpg
Fawn leaf-nosed bat (H. cervinus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Gray, 1831
Species

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Hipposideros is one of the most diverse genera of bats, with more than 70 species. They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament. It is the type genus of the family Hipposideridae. It is divided into species groups based on morphology.

Species included in this genus are

armiger species group

bicolor species group

cyclops species group

commersoni species group

diadema species group

larvatus species group

  • Grand roundleaf bat, H. grandis
  • Intermediate roundleaf bat, H. larvatus
  • Maduran leaf-nosed bat, H. madurae
  • Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat, H. sorenseni
  • Sumba roundleaf bat or Sumban leaf-nosed bat, H. sumbae

megalotis species group

pratti species group

speoris species group

Uncertain group

  • Hipposideros besaoka
  • Boeadi’s roundleaf bat, H. boeadii
  • Sulawesi roundleaf bat, H. celebensis
  • Hipposideros cryptovalorona
  • Griffin's leaf-nosed bat, H. griffini
  • Khasian leaf-nosed bat, H. khasiana
  • Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat H. scutinares
  • Hipposideros tephrus
  • House-dwelling leaf-nosed bat, H. einnuythu

Fossil species

The species Hipposideros bernardsigei Hand, 1997 describes one of many species of bats discovered in the north of Australia, the Riversleigh fauna, and appears to be a member of an Australopapuan group in an early radiation of the genus. The first hipposiderid to be described from Pliocene deposits at Riversleigh was Hipposideros winsburyorum Hand, 1999.[1] Other named fossil species allied to Hipposideros include Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus), Hipposideros collongensis, Hipposideros conquensis, Hipposideros felix, Hipposideros minor, Hipposideros morloti, Hipposideros omani and Hipposideros schlosseri.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hand, S.J.; Godthelp, H. (1999). "First Australian Pliocene species of Hipposideros (Microchiroptera: Hipposideridae)". Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 57: 299–306.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Hipposideros". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2 June 2019.


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