Hipposideros galeritus Cantor 1846

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Hipposideridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 365-379 : 372

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scientific name	Hipposideros galeritus Cantor 1846
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Treatment

Hipposideros galeritus Cantor 1846 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 15: 183.

Type Locality: Malaysia, Penang Isl.

Vernacular Names: Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Hipposideros galeritus subsp. galeritus Cantor 1846

Subspecies Hipposideros galeritus subsp. brachyotis Dobson 1874

Subspecies Hipposideros galeritus subsp. insolens Lyon 1911

Subspecies Hipposideros galeritus subsp. longicauda Peters 1861

Distribution: Sri Lanka and India through SE Asia (including Burma, Thailand, and Peninsular Malaysia) to Java and Borneo; Sanana Isl (Sula Group, Moluccas Isls). A record from Bali is possibly erroneous; see Kock and Dobat (2000).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: bicolor species group. Includes longicauda; see Hill (1963 b). Formerly included cervinus ; but see Jenkins and Hill (1981). Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997); also see Flannery (1995 b).