Hipposideros galeritus
Cantor, 1846
Cantor's Round-leaf Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
Superfamily | : Rhinolophoidea |
Family | : Hipposideridae |
Genus | : Hipposideros |
Species status
Authority citation
Cantor, T. 1846. Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15:171-203.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40122720Original name as described
Hipposideros galeritus
Other common names
Cantor's Roundleaf Bat · Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.85
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ad279622-837f-48e8-9c25-0f9927e4decfType locality
"Pinang [= Penang]," Malaysia.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei · Myanmar?
Taxonomy notes
previously included H. brachyotus
Taxonomy notes citation
Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Srinivasulu, A., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Amarasinghe, C.J., Siriwardana, S., Kaur, H., Mannakkara, A., Soisook, P., Kamalakannan, M., Yapa, W.B. and Srinivasulu, C. 2025-02-25. Taxonomic revision of the South Asian allies of _Hipposideros galeritus_ Cantor, 1846. Zootaxa 5590(4):507-530.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
Species Permalink
https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004600Country distribution map
The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.
Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.
Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.