Hipposideros diadema

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813)

Diadem Roundleaf Bat

Hanging mother with offspring, side view, wings closed.  Also as Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat.
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah, Gomantong CavesDate taken:Jan 1, 1983

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1446

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1813. Sur un genre de chauve-souris sous le nom de Rhinolophes. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 20:254-266.

Original name as described

Rhinolophus diadema

Other common names

Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1802 (= MNHN:AGal:944) (= MNHN:NGal:210) (= MNHN:type:182) (= MNHN "918")

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Timor [Island]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Indonesia · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Brunei · Philippines · East Timor · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 41 names and synonyms.

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