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--> FAMILY Hipposideridae
--> GENUS Hipposideros
SPECIES Hipposideros ruber
| Author: | Noack, 1893. | | Citation: | Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Oekol. Geogr. Tiere, 7: 586. | | Common Name: | Noack's Leaf-nosed Bat | | Type Locality: | Tanzania, Eastern Province, Ngerengere River. | | Distribution: | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea); São Tomé and Principe. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | bicolor species group. Included in caffer by Hill (1963b), but clearly distinct; see Lawrence (1964), Kock (1969a), Heller (1992), Jones et al. (1993), and Cotterill (2001f). Subspecies limits are problematic, and it is possible that this complex includes more than one species. |
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