Hipposideros galeritus Cantor 1846

Wilison, 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).

References

Hill, J. E. 1963 b. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 11: 1 - 129.

Jenkins, P. D., and J. E. Hill. 1981. The status of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 and Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854) (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 415: 279 - 294.

Lyon, M. W., Jr. 1911. Mammals collected by Dr. Abbott in Borneo and some of the small adjacent islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 40: 53 - 146.