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SPECIES Hipposideros galeritus
Author: | Cantor, 1846. | Citation: | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 15: 183. | Common Name: | Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat | Type Locality: | Malaysia, Penang Isl. | 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). | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | bicolor species group. Includes longicauda; see Hill (1963b). Formerly included cervinus; but see Jenkins and Hill (1981). Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997); also see Flannery (1995b). |
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