Hipposideros stenotis

O. Thomas, 1913

Northern Leaf-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Hipposideridae
Genus : Hipposideros

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1913-08-01. On new mammals obtained by the Utakwa Expedition to Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12(68):205-212.

Original name as described

Hipposideros stenotis

Other common names

Narrow-eared Leaf-nosed Bat · Narrow-eared Roundleaf Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.4.12.7

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mary River," Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

has been included under Doryrhina based on suspected close relationship to Doryrhina cyclops, but this relationship has not been examined using molecular data at this point and it is retained under Hipposideros here for the time being

Taxonomy notes citation

Foley, N. M., Goodman, S. M., Whelan, C. V., Puechmaille, S. J., & Teeling, E. (2017). Towards navigating the Minotaur's labyrinth: cryptic diversity and taxonomic revision within the speciose genus Hipposideros (Hipposideridae). Acta Chiropterologica, 19(1), 1-18. · Wilson D.E. & Mittermeier R.A. 2019. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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