Malayan roundleaf bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Hipposideridae |
Genus: | Hipposideros |
Species: | H. nequam
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Binomial name | |
Hipposideros nequam
K. Andersen, 1918
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Malayan roundleaf bat range |
The Malayan roundleaf bat (Hipposideros nequam) is a horseshoe bat found only in Malaysia. It is listed as a data deficient species.
It was described as a new species in 1918 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. The holotype had been collected in 1879 [2] by W. Davison in Klang, Malaysia. It was presented to Andersen by Allan Octavian Hume. [3] It is considered a member of the bicolor species group within Hipposideros based on its morphology. The holotype is the only known specimen of this species. [4] As it was damaged, it is uncertain if the Malayan roundleaf bat is truly a distinct species. [1] Its species name " nequam" is Latin for "worthless."
The forearm length of the holotype was 46 mm (1.8 in). It had a large nose-leaf of 6 mm (0.24 in) in length and 8 mm (0.31 in) in width. Its first premolar is small and its nasal septum is very thin. [3]
The Malayan roundleaf bat is only known from the type locality of Klang, Malaysia. [1] [3] As of 2016, it was evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN. [1]
Malayan roundleaf bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Hipposideridae |
Genus: | Hipposideros |
Species: | H. nequam
|
Binomial name | |
Hipposideros nequam
K. Andersen, 1918
| |
Malayan roundleaf bat range |
The Malayan roundleaf bat (Hipposideros nequam) is a horseshoe bat found only in Malaysia. It is listed as a data deficient species.
It was described as a new species in 1918 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. The holotype had been collected in 1879 [2] by W. Davison in Klang, Malaysia. It was presented to Andersen by Allan Octavian Hume. [3] It is considered a member of the bicolor species group within Hipposideros based on its morphology. The holotype is the only known specimen of this species. [4] As it was damaged, it is uncertain if the Malayan roundleaf bat is truly a distinct species. [1] Its species name " nequam" is Latin for "worthless."
The forearm length of the holotype was 46 mm (1.8 in). It had a large nose-leaf of 6 mm (0.24 in) in length and 8 mm (0.31 in) in width. Its first premolar is small and its nasal septum is very thin. [3]
The Malayan roundleaf bat is only known from the type locality of Klang, Malaysia. [1] [3] As of 2016, it was evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN. [1]