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Commerson's leaf-nosed bat

Mammals

Commerson's leaf-nosed bat, Macronycteris commersoni, also known as Commerson's roundleaf bat, is a bat endemic to Madagascar. It is named after the French naturalist Philibert Commerson, who lived from 1727 to 1773. Bat populations of mainland Africa and of São Tomé and Príncipe that were formerly considered part of this species are now classified separately as the giant roundleaf bat, the São Tomé leaf-nosed bat and the striped leaf-nosed bat, while a Madagascan population was split off as the cryptic roundleaf bat. It was formerly placed in Hipposideros and moved to the resurrected genus Macronycteris in 2017 on molecular evidence. The Mammal Diversity Database lists it as a living species of the Afrotropical realm with an IUCN status of Near Threatened.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Population Trend
Decreasing 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Threats
Biological Resource Use 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 3
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hipposideridae, Taxa
Source Commerson's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Tropical Dry Forest, Biomes
Source Commerson's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Madagascar

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris commersonii (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Madagascar
Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Madagascar
Madagascar
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 commersoni (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3988 Hipposideros commersoni Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 99.09 Ref_117 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros commersoni (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3988 Hipposideros commersoni Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 99.09 Ref_117 1
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2. Commerson's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
  • Article text, human use
    Populations are threatened by deforestation and hunting.
  • Article text, threats
    Populations are threatened by deforestation and hunting.
  • Article text, population
    Hunting in west Madagascar is thought to have caused in a 20-25% population decline in that region over 15 years.
  • Article text, habitat
    The species is found in forests of several types on Madagascar, including dry deciduous forest, littoral forest and gallery forest, at elevations from sea level to at least 1350 m.
  • Child Taxon Of: Hipposideridae, Lead, family
    is a species of bat endemic to Madagascar
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, everyday group
    is a species of bat endemic to Madagascar
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3. Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris commersonii (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity Database
  • Taxon page, IUCN Red List status
    IUCN Red List status Near Threatened
  • Taxon page, Species status
    Species status Living
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4. Animal Diversity Web: Hipposideros commersoni
Animal Diversity WebConservation Status, CITES
Quote, Conservation Status, CITES
CITES No special status
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