Schneider's leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros speoris, also called Schneider's roundleaf bat, is endemic to South Asia, where the Mammal Diversity Database lists India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, with the type locality at Tranquebar near Madras in India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, caves and urban areas. The Aba roundleaf bat of West Africa is its only partner in the speoris species group. The database places it in the Indomalayan realm as a living species with an IUCN status of Least Concern. The English Wikipedia article is a short stub, so its size, diet and numbers are not described here.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) ThreatsEnergy Production and Mining 2 ThreatsBiological Resource Use 2 ThreatsHuman Intrusions and Disturbance 2 Relationship to People Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 2 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
In Biome
Source Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros speoris (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, IndiaQuote, Taxon page, Country distribution, India
India · Myanmar
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros speoris (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, MyanmarQuote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Myanmar
India · Myanmar · Sri Lanka
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros speoris (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Sri LankaQuote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Sri Lanka
Myanmar · Sri Lanka
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 speoris (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3979 Hipposideros speoris Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 10.43 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros speoris (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3979 Hipposideros speoris Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 10.43 Ref_117 1
View the Source 2. Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
Article text, human use
The species is locally threatened in parts of India because of hunting for local consumption and medicinal purposes, persecution by fumigation, roost disturbance due to tourism related activities, stone quarrying, and developmental activities such as tearing down old disused buildings leading to loss of roosting sites.
Article text, threats
The species is locally threatened in parts of India because of hunting for local consumption and medicinal purposes, persecution by fumigation, roost disturbance due to tourism related activities, stone quarrying, and developmental activities such as tearing down old disused buildings leading to loss of roosting sites.
Article text, habitat
The bats tend to roost in caves, caverns, underground cellars, old forts, palaces, under bridges, old disused buildings, temples, tunnels in dry plains or forested hillsides.
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 Dry Forest, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, caves, and urban areas.
View the Source3. Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros speoris (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity DatabaseTaxon page, IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Least Concern
Taxon page, Species status
Species status Living
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