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Aba roundleaf bat

Mammals

The Aba roundleaf bat, Hipposideros abae, also known as the Aba leaf-nosed bat, is found in West Africa along the southern coast from Nigeria to Senegal, with populations also noted in Sudan and Uganda. Joel Asaph Allen described it in 1917 from a specimen collected at Aba in the Belgian Congo by Herbert Lang and James Chapin. It is one of two members of the speoris species group, with Schneider's leaf-nosed bat. The body is about 104 millimetres long and individuals occur in dark, red and intermediate colour phases. It lives in the Guinean forest and savanna mosaic and in destroyed rainforest, below 1,000 metres. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern because it is widespread, tolerates some habitat change and can use deforested land.

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

Child Taxon Of

Hipposideridae, Taxa
Source Aba roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Savanna, Biomes
Source Aba roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Aba roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Burkina Faso

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso · Cameroon
Cameroon

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Cameroon
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Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Central African Republic
Central African Republic

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Central African Republic
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Cameroon · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Cote d'Ivoire
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Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ghana
Ghana

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Ghana
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Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ghana · Guinea
Guinea

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Guinea
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Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Guinea-Bissau
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Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia
Liberia

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Liberia
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Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Nigeria
Nigeria

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Nigeria
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Liberia · Nigeria · Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Sierra Leone
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Nigeria · Sierra Leone · South Sudan
South Sudan

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, South Sudan
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Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Togo
Togo

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Togo
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South Sudan · Togo · Uganda
Uganda

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Uganda
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Togo · Uganda · Benin?
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 abae (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    4002 Hipposideros abae Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 9.31 Ref_178 2
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros abae (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    4002 Hipposideros abae Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 9.31 Ref_178 2
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2. Aba roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
  • Article text, habitat
    It is found in the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic and destroyed rainforests.
  • 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: Tropical Rainforest, Lead, moist lowland forests
    Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry and moist savannas, and caves.
  • In Biome: Savanna, Lead, savannas
    Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry and moist savannas, and caves.
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3. Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros abae (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity Database
  • Taxon page, IUCN Red List status
    IUCN Red List status Least Concern
  • Taxon page, Species status
    Species status Living
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