Poole, Karen E.
Hipposideros
Sign in to saveHipposideros 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
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Hipposideros sp. est un genre de chauves-souris de la famille des Hipposideridae. Cette famille est sœur à celle des Rhinolophidae, avec laquelle elle était associée auparavant.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,328
- With media
- 281
- Family
- Hipposideridae
- Collections
- AMNH, LACM, UMMZ, ANWC, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Namibia, Indonesia, Lao People’S Democratic Republic, Uganda
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Species
- ''armiger'' species group
- ''bicolor'' species group
- ''cyclops'' species group
- ''diadema'' species group
- ''larvatus'' species group
- ''megalotis'' species group
- ''pratti'' species group
- ''speoris'' species group
- Uncertain group
- Fossil species
- References
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. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hipposideros” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.