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Cantor's roundleaf bat

Mammals

Cantor's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros galeritus, is a leaf-nosed bat of South and Southeast Asia. Theodore Edward Cantor described it in 1846 from a male collected in the valley of Pinang, now Penang in Malaysia, and the species is named for him. The English Wikipedia article lists it from Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, while the Mammal Diversity Database limits it to Southeast Asia, with Myanmar uncertain, and it notes that the species previously included what is now treated as Dobson's roundleaf bat. The database places it in the Indomalayan realm and records an IUCN status of Least Concern. Its biology is described only briefly in the English article.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hipposideridae, Taxa
Source Cantor's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros galeritus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Brunei
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Brunei · Cambodia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros galeritus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Cambodia
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Brunei · Cambodia · Indonesia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros galeritus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Indonesia
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Indonesia
Cambodia · Indonesia · Laos

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros galeritus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Laos
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Indonesia · Laos · Malaysia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros galeritus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Malaysia
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Malaysia
Laos · Malaysia · Thailand

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros galeritus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Thailand
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Thailand
Malaysia · Thailand · Vietnam

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros galeritus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Vietnam
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Vietnam
Thailand · Vietnam · Myanmar?
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 galeritus (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3956 Hipposideros galeritus Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 8.18 Ref_117 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros galeritus (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3956 Hipposideros galeritus Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 8.18 Ref_117 1
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2. Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros galeritus (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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Cantor's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
  • 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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