Hipposideros

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Hipposideros
Hipposideros cervinus - Gould.jpg
Fawn leaf-nosed bat (H. cervinus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Gray, 1831
Species

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Hipposideros is one of the most diverse genera of bats, with more than 70 species. They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament. It is the type genus of the family Hipposideridae. It is divided into species groups based on morphology.

Species included in this genus are[]

armiger species group[]

bicolor species group[]

cyclops species group[]

commersoni species group[]

diadema species group[]

larvatus species group[]

megalotis species group[]

pratti species group[]

speoris species group[]

Uncertain group[]

Fossil species[]

The species Hipposideros bernardsigei Hand, 1997 describes one of many species of bats discovered in the north of Australia, the Riversleigh fauna, and appears to be a member of an Australopapuan group in an early radiation of the genus. The first hipposiderid to be described from Pliocene deposits at Riversleigh was Hipposideros winsburyorum Hand, 1999.[1] Other named fossil species allied to Hipposideros include Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus), , , Hipposideros felix, , , and .[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Hand, S.J.; Godthelp, H. (1999). "First Australian Pliocene species of Hipposideros (Microchiroptera: Hipposideridae)". Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 57: 299–306.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Hipposideros". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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