Hipposideros inornatus

McKean, 1970

Arnhem 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

McKean, J.L. 1970-04-22. A new subspecies of the horseshoe bat, _Hipposideros diadema_ from the Northern Territory, Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 11:138-140.

Original name as described

Hipposideros diadema inornatus

Other common names

Arnhem Roundleaf Bat · McKean's Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

MAGNT U.2379

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Deaf Adder Creek, where it emerges from the Arnhem Land Plateau, 55 miles [= 89 km] due south of Oenpelli, N.T. [= Northern Territory, Australia], lat. 13°06'S. long. 132°56'E."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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