Aba roundleaf bat

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Aba roundleaf bat

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species:
H. abae
Binomial name
Hipposideros abae
Geographic range of the Aba roundleaf bat

The Aba roundleaf bat (Hipposideros abae), also known as the Aba leaf-nosed bat

lowland forests, dry and moist savannas, and caves.[1]

Taxonomy and etymology

It was described by American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen in 1917. Its

species name abae is a Neo-Latin derivative of Aba, which is the city where the holotype
was collected. The holotype was collected in December 1911 by German zoologist Herbert Lang and American ornithologist James Chapin as part of their expedition through the Belgian Congo, as it was known at the time.[3] As the genus Hipposideros is quite speciose, it is divided into closely related species groups. The Aba roundleaf bat is a member of the speoris species group, which only includes it and the Schneider's leaf-nosed bat, (H. speoris).[4]

Description

Allen described its dorsal fur as bistre in color from the shoulders down the rest of the body. The head, neck, and shoulders are lighter in color than the rest of the back. Individual hairs are bicolored on the back, with the base of the hair lighter than the tip. The ventral fur is buff gray, with the throat much lighter than the rest of the ventral surface. Its ears and feet are light brown, while its wing membranes are dark brown. Its total body is 104 mm (4.1 in) long; its tail is 38 mm (1.5 in) long; its foot is 12 mm (0.47 in) long; its ears are 20 mm (0.79 in); and its forearm is 58.5 mm (2.30 in) long. Individuals are variable in color, with three different "color phases" described to classify individuals: a dark phase, a red phase, and an intermediate phase.[3]

Range and habitat

It has been documented in the following countries: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda. While there are no records of it in Mali, Benin, or Chad, it is thought that it probably occurs there as well. It is found in the

Guinean forest-savanna mosaic and destroyed rainforests
. It has not been documented at elevations greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level.[1]

Conservation

It is currently evaluated as

least concern by the IUCN
. It meets the criteria for this designation because it has a wide distribution, it tolerates a degree of habitat modification, and its population is likely not in quick decline. It can actually take advantage of deforestation by utilizing the deforested land as habitat.[1]

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hipposideros abae. Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds). 2005. Mammal Species of the World.
  3. ^ a b Allen, J. A.; Lang, H.; Chapin, J. P. (1917). "The American Museum Congo expedition collection of bats" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 37: 432–434.
  4. OCLC 62265494
    .

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