Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat

Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species: H. orbiculus
Binomial name
Hipposideros orbiculus
Francis, Kock & Habersetzer, 1999
Range map 2011

The orbiculus leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros orbiculus), also known as the orbiculus roundleaf bat, is a species of bat from the family Hipposideridae. The species has been found on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia and on peninsular Malaysia.[2]

The orbiculus leaf-nosed bat is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List because of its small extent of occurrence and continuing decline of the extent and quality of its habitat, as well as its population.[1] The orbiculus leaf-nosed bat is a terrestrial species that prefers lowland rainforests, and its habitat is degrading due to logging, agriculture, infrastructure development, plantations, and forest fire.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Francis, C; Bates, P.; Kingston, T.; Senawi, J. (2016). "Hipposideros orbiculus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136192A22008477.
  2. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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