Hipposideros ruber

(Noack, 1893)

Noack's 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

Noack, T. 1893-12-23. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugethier-Fauna von Ostafrika. Zoologische Jahrbücher 7:523-594.

Original name as described

Phyllorhina rubra

Other common names

Noack's Roundleaf Bat

Type material

ZMB 89571

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ngerengere River, Eastern Province, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Niger · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Equatorial Guinea · São Tomé and Príncipe · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Gabon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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