Hipposideros

Hipposideros
Fawn leaf-nosed bat (H. cervinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Gray, 1831
Type species
Vespertilio speoris
Schneider, 1800
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.

Some species that were previously placed in Hipposideros are now placed in the related genera Doryrhina and Macronycteris.[1] Conversely, the genus Paracoelops, which was considered distinct until 2012, is now synonymized with Hipposideros, as the only species turned out to be based on a specimen of Hipposideros pomona.[2]

Species

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armiger species group

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bicolor species group

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cyclops species group

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This group no longer includes the cyclops roundleaf bat (Doryrhina cyclops), which is now placed in the separate genus Doryrhina.

diadema species group

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larvatus species group

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megalotis species group

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pratti species group

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speoris species group

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Uncertain group

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Fossil species

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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.[5] Other named fossil species allied to Hipposideros include Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus), Hipposideros collongensis, Hipposideros conquensis, Hipposideros felix, Hipposideros minor, Hipposideros morloti, Hipposideros omani and Hipposideros schlosseri.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Foley, Nicole M.; Goodman, Steven M.; Whelan, Conor V.; Puechmaille, Sébastien J.; Teeling, Emma (2017). "Towards navigating the Minotaur's labyrinth: Cryptic diversity and taxonomic revision within the speciose genus Hipposideros (Hipposideridae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 19 (1): 1–18. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.1.001.
  2. ^ Thong, Vu Dinh; Dietz, Christian; Denzinger, Annette; Bates, Paul J.J.; Puechmaille, Sébastien J.; Callou, Cécile; Schnitzler, Hans-Ulrich (2012). "Resolving a mammal mystery: the identity of Paracoelops megalotis (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae)". Zootaxa. 3505: 75–85.
  3. ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, A. (2020). "Hipposideros gentilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T180991219A180991293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T180991219A180991293.en. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ Douangboubpha, Bounsavane; Bumrungsri, Sara; Satasook, Chutamas; Soisook, Pipat; Hla Bu, Si Si; Aul, Bandana; Harrison, David L.; Pearch, Malcolm J.; Thomas, Nikky M.; Bates, Paul J. J. (2011). "A New Species of Small Hipposideros (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Myanmar and a Revaluation of the Taxon H. Nicobarulae Miller, 1902 from the Nicobar Islands". Acta Chiropterologica. 13: 61–78. doi:10.3161/150811011X578624. S2CID 85815026.
  5. ^ Hand, S.J.; Godthelp, H. (1999). "First Australian Pliocene species of Hipposideros (Microchiroptera: Hipposideridae)". Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 57: 299–306.
  6. ^ "Fossilworks: Hipposideros". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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