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Arnhem leaf-nosed bat

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The Arnhem leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros inornatus, also called McKean's leaf-nosed bat, is a bat of the family Hipposideridae that lives in the sandstone country of Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Mammal Diversity Database gives the type locality as Deaf Adder Creek, where it emerges from the Arnhem Land Plateau, about 89 kilometres south of Oenpelli. It places the species in the Australasian realm as a living species with an IUCN status of Vulnerable, and the English Wikipedia article, which is only two sentences long, adds no further account of its size, diet or roosts. Its limited range inside one Australian region is the main thing the sources establish about it.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Population Trend
Stable 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 3
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hipposideridae, Taxa
Source Arnhem leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros inornatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Australia
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Australia
Australia
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros inornatus (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3950 Hipposideros inornatus Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 25.9 Ref_58 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros inornatus (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3950 Hipposideros inornatus Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 25.9 Ref_58 1
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2. Arnhem leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
  • Article text, behaviour
    It is nocturnal, foraging at night and roosting in sheltered places during the day such as caves or old mines.
  • Article text, population
    However, the species does occur within a protected area and its population trend is believed to be stable.
  • Article text, habitat
    It is nocturnal, foraging at night and roosting in sheltered places during the day such as caves or old mines.
  • Child Taxon Of: Hipposideridae, Lead, family
    is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, everyday group
    is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae
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3. Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros inornatus (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity Database
  • Taxon page, IUCN Red List status
    IUCN Red List status Vulnerable
  • Taxon page, Species status
    Species status Living
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