Northern leaf-nosed bat
Northern leaf-nosed bat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Hipposideridae |
Genus: | Hipposideros |
Species: | H. stenotis
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Binomial name | |
Hipposideros stenotis | |
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Northern leaf-nosed bat range |
The northern leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros stenotis) is a micro-bat of the family
Description
A species of
The colour of the
Taxonomy
It was
The common names include northern leaf-nosed bat, narrow-eared roundleaf bat, and lesser warty-nosed horseshoe bat.[5][6]
Distribution and habitat
The records for the species are in the Top End of the Australian continent, at the Kimberley region in the northwest, and in the Gulf Country of the northeast to the west of Mount Isa. In the north-western range H. stenotis also occurs at offshore islands at the Buccaneer Archipelago. They are known to occupy sandstone caves or piles of boulders, abandoned mines have also provided roosts for the species. Foraging is in woodlands and rainforest habitat, and across open hilly plains dominated by spinifex.[3]
It is currently evaluated as Vulnerable by the
References
- S2CID 243295765.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ a b c Thomas, Oldfield (1913). "On new mammals obtained by the Utakwa Expedition to Dutch New Guinea". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 4: 206–207.
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- ISBN 978-1-877069-25-3
- ^ "Species Hipposideros stenotis Thomas, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 16 February 2019.