Hipposideros turpis

Bangs, 1901

Lesser Round-leaf 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

Bangs, O. 1901. Notes on a small collection of mammals from the Liu Kiu Islands. The American Naturalist 35(415):561-562.

Original name as described

Hipposideros turpis

Other common names

Lesser Great Leaf-nosed Bat · Lesser Roundleaf Bat · Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:10003

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ishigaki Island, southern group of Liu Kiu Islands," Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

Taxonomy notes

previously included H. alongensis and H. pendleburyi

Taxonomy notes citation

Thong, V. D., Puechmaille, S. J., Denzinger, A., Bates, P. J., Dietz, C., Csorba, G., ... & Schintzler, H. U. (2012). Systematics of the Hipposideros turpis complex and a description of a new subspecies from Vietnam. Mammal Review, 42(2), 166-192.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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