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SPECIES Hipposideros megalotis
Author: | Heuglin, 1862. | Citation: | Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., Halle, 29(8): 4, 8. | Common Name: | Large-eared Leaf-nosed Bat | Type Locality: | Eritrea, Bogos Land, Keren. | Distribution: | Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Kenya. A record from Somalia is erroneous (M. Happold, pers. comm.) | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | megalotis species group. Sometimes placed in the subgenus Syndesmotis; see Legendre (1982) and Gaucher and Brosset (1990). Also see Hill (1963b). |
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