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Cyclops roundleaf bat

Mammals

The cyclops roundleaf bat, Doryrhina cyclops, also called the cyclops leaf-nosed bat, lives in the forests of equatorial Africa. Adults are 10 to 13 centimetres long including a tail of about 3 centimetres, with dark brown woolly fur flecked with lighter tips, very dark wings and long, narrowly pointed ears. The common name comes from a narrow circular opening in the forehead, usually hidden by the nose leaf, that leads to a small gland-lined sac. The bat roosts by day in hollow trees in small colonies, feeds on insects, with a preference for hawk moths and cicadas, and bears a single young after a gestation of up to three and a half months. It inhabits tropical forest up to 1,200 metres, forest patches beside savanna and plantations, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

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

Child Taxon Of

Hipposideridae, Taxa
Source Cyclops roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

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

Benin

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Benin
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Benin · Burundi
Burundi

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Benin · Burundi · Cameroon
Cameroon

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Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic
Central African Republic

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (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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Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Equatorial Guinea
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Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon
Gabon

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Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Gambia
Gambia

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Gabon · Gambia · Ghana
Ghana

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Gambia · Ghana · Guinea
Guinea

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

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Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya
Kenya

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Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Liberia
Liberia

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Kenya · Liberia · Nigeria
Nigeria

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Liberia · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

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Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda
Rwanda

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Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal
Senegal

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Senegal
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Rwanda · Senegal · Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Sierra Leone
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Senegal · Sierra Leone · South Sudan
South Sudan

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, South Sudan
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Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Tanzania
Tanzania

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Tanzania
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South Sudan · Tanzania · Togo
Togo

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Togo
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Tanzania · Togo · Uganda
Uganda

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Uganda
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Togo · Uganda · Chad?
Sources
1. Cyclops roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
  • Behaviour and biology
    They feed on insects, showing a preference for hawk moths and cicadas, but also eating beetles, flies, and ants, among others.
  • Article text, habitat
    The cyclops roundleaf bat or cyclops leaf-nosed bat (Doryrhina cyclops) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in the forests of equatorial Africa.
  • 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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2. Mammal Diversity Database: Doryrhina cyclops (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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3. 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 cyclops (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
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3981 Hipposideros cyclops Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 33.5 Ref_117 1
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