Sundevall's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros caffer, also called Sundevall's leaf-nosed bat, is a medium-sized bat with a head and body of 8 to 9 centimetres, a wingspan of 20 to 29 centimetres and a weight of 8 to 10 grams. The fur may be grey or bright golden-orange, and females and males both carry an extra pair of teats, which are vestigial in males and never functional in females. It is common in almost every African country south of the Sahara and in parts of Arabia, most often in savanna, and it avoids dense central African rainforest. It feeds mainly on moths, up to 92 percent of its diet, and roosts in caves, tree hollows, mines and attics, in one Gabon cave with as many as 500,000 bats. It is very similar to Noack's roundleaf bat, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Sundevall's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
In Biome
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Angola · Botswana
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Angola · Botswana · Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Botswana · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Eswatini
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Democratic Republic of the Congo · Eswatini · Malawi
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Eswatini · Malawi · Mozambique
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Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia
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Mozambique · Namibia · South Africa
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Namibia · South Africa · Zambia
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South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe
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Zambia · Zimbabwe
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1. Sundevall's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Behaviour, diet
Sundevall's roundleaf bat feeds primarily on moths, which may form up to 92% of its diet.
Article text, habitat
The bat is most commonly found in savannah habitats, and avoids the dense rainforests of central 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
In Biome: Savanna, Distribution and habitat, savannah
The bat is most commonly found in savannah habitats, and avoids the dense rainforests of central Africa.
View the Source2. Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros caffer (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity DatabaseTaxon page, IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Least Concern
Taxon page, Species status
Species status Living
View the Source 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 caffer (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)Quote, MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros caffer (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3993 Hipposideros caffer Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 9.45 Ref_117 1
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