Hipposideros cineraceus

E. Blyth, 1853

Least 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

Blyth, E. 1853. Report of Curator, Zoological Department. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 22:408-417.

Original name as described

Hipposideros cineraceus

Other common names

Ashy Leaf-nosed Bat · Ashy Roundleaf Bat · Least Roundleaf Bat

Type locality

near Pind Dadan Khan, Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Bangladesh? · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam · Cambodia? · Laos · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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