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Giant roundleaf bat

Mammals

The giant roundleaf bat, Macronycteris gigas, also called the giant leaf-nosed bat, is a species of the family Hipposideridae found in western tropical Africa, from Senegal and Gambia through the Gulf of Guinea region to Angola, Kenya and Tanzania according to the Mammal Diversity Database, which gives the type locality as Benguela in Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves, and it is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly considered part of Commerson's leaf-nosed bat, which is now viewed as restricted to Madagascar, and both were moved from Hipposideros to the resurrected genus Macronycteris in 2017 on molecular evidence. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

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 Giant roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

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

Angola

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Angola
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Angola · Benin
Benin

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Angola · Benin · Cameroon
Cameroon

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Cameroon
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Benin · Cameroon · Central African Republic
Central African Republic

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (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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Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (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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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Gabon
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Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Gambia
Gambia

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, 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: Macronycteris gigas (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: Macronycteris gigas (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, 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 · Senegal
Senegal

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Republic of the Congo · Senegal · Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Sierra Leone
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Senegal · Sierra Leone · Tanzania
Tanzania

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Tanzania
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Sierra Leone · Tanzania · Togo
Togo

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Togo
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Tanzania · Togo · Uganda?
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 gigas (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3955 Hipposideros gigas Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 115.42 Ref_58 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros gigas (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3955 Hipposideros gigas Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 115.42 Ref_58 1
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2. Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris gigas (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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Giant 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
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Lead, moist lowland forests
    Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves.
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