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Ridley's leaf-nosed bat

Mammals

Ridley's leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros ridleyi, also called Ridley's roundleaf bat or the Singapore roundleaf horseshoe bat, is found in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore, with Thailand and Indonesia uncertain in the Mammal Diversity Database. The type locality is the Botanic Gardens in Singapore, and the bat has also been found roosting in a cave in Peninsular Malaysia with the Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps, and it is threatened by habitat loss. The database places it in the Indomalayan realm as a living species with an IUCN status of Vulnerable. The English Wikipedia article is short, so measurements, diet and numbers are not given here.

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

Child Taxon Of

Hipposideridae, Taxa
Source Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Wetlands, Biomes
Source Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Brunei

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros ridleyi (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Brunei
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Brunei
Brunei · Malaysia
Malaysia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros ridleyi (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Malaysia
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Malaysia
Brunei · Malaysia · Singapore
Singapore

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros ridleyi (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Singapore
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Singapore
Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia?
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 ridleyi (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3973 Hipposideros ridleyi Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 8.83 Ref_117 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros ridleyi (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3973 Hipposideros ridleyi Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 8.83 Ref_117 1
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2. Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
  • Article text, habitat
    Its habitat is lowland old-growth forest.
  • 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
  • In Biome: Wetlands, Lead, habitat
    Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.
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3. Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros ridleyi (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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