Cantor's roundleaf bat

Cantor's roundleaf bat

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Hipposideridae
Genus:	Hipposideros
Species:	H. galeritus
Binomial name
*Hipposideros galeritus* Cantor, 1846

Cantor's Roundleaf Bat range

Cantor's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros galeritus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

It is named after Theodore Edward Cantor, a 19th-century Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.^{[citation needed]}

Description

Head and body length is 7–9 cm. Forearms 5 cm. Wingspan 27–30 cm. Weight 6-7g.

Females are larger than males. Generally deep reddish brown. Can vary from almost blackish to bright reddish brown. Underside is paler. Pelage silky. Ears are short and broad with the outer margin concave below the blunt tip, inner margin is highly convex.

Culture

Known as කෙස්-දිගු පත්-නාස් වවුලා (meaning "long-haired leaf-nosed bat") in Sinhala.

References

^ Francis, C.; Kingston, T.; Gumal, M.; Bumrungsri, S.; Banks, P.; Molur, S.; Srinivasulu, C. (2008). "Hipposideros galeritus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T10136A3171895. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10136A3171895.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Hipposideros galeritus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v t e Extant species of family Hipposideridae
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera
Anthops	Flower-faced bat (A. ornatus)
Asellia	A. arabica A. italosomalica Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat (A. patrizii) Trident bat (A. tridens)
Aselliscus (Tate's trident- nosed bats)	Stoliczka's trident bat (A. stoliczkanus) Temminck's trident bat (A. tricuspidatus) Dong Bac's trident bat (A. dongbacana)
Coelops	East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. frithii) Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. robinsoni)
Hipposideros (roundleaf bats)	Aba roundleaf bat (H. abae) H. alongensis Great roundleaf bat (H. armiger) Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat (H. ater) H. atrox Benito roundleaf bat (H. beatus) Bicolored roundleaf bat (H. bicolor) Boeadi's roundleaf bat (H. boeadii) Short-headed roundleaf bat (H. breviceps) Sundevall's roundleaf bat (H. caffer) Spurred roundleaf bat (H. calcaratus) Greater roundleaf bat (H. camerunensis) Fawn leaf-nosed bat (H. cervinus) Ashy roundleaf bat (H. cineraceus) Commerson's roundleaf bat (H. commersoni) Large Mindanao roundleaf bat (H. coronatus) Telefomin roundleaf bat (H. corynophyllus) Cox's roundleaf bat (H. coxi) Timor roundleaf bat (H. crumeniferus) Short-tailed roundleaf bat (H. curtus) Cyclops roundleaf bat (H. cyclops) Makira roundleaf bat (H. demissus) Diadem leaf-nosed bat (H. diadema) Fierce roundleaf bat (H. dinops) Borneo roundleaf bat (H. doriae) Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat (H. durgadasi) Dayak roundleaf bat (H. dyacorum) Hill's roundleaf bat (H. edwardshilli) H. einnaythu Sooty roundleaf bat (H. fuliginosus) Fulvus roundleaf bat (H. fulvus) Cantor's roundleaf bat (H. galeritus) H. gentilis Giant roundleaf bat (H. gigas) Grand roundleaf bat (H. grandis) H. griffini Thailand roundleaf bat (H. halophyllus) Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat (H. hypophyllus) Crested roundleaf bat (H. inexpectatus) Arnhem leaf-nosed bat (H. inornatus) Jones's roundleaf bat (H. jonesi) Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat (H. khaokhouayensis) Khasian Leaf-nosed Bat (H. khasiana) H. kingstonae H. kunsi Lamotte's roundleaf bat (H. lamottei) Indian roundleaf bat (H. lankadiva) Intermediate roundleaf bat (H. larvatus) Large Asian roundleaf bat (H. lekaguli) Shield-faced roundleaf bat (H. lylei) Big-eared roundleaf bat (H. macrobullatus) Maduran leaf-nosed bat (H. madurae) Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat (H. maggietaylorae) Aellen's roundleaf bat (H. marisae) Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat (H. megalotis) Fly River roundleaf bat (H. muscinus) Malayan roundleaf bat (H. nequam) H. nicobarulae Philippine Forest roundleaf bat (H. obscurus) Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat (H. orbiculus) Biak roundleaf bat (H. papua) Peleng leaf-nosed bat (H. pelingensis) H. pendleburyi Pomona roundleaf bat (H. pomona) Pratt's roundleaf bat (H. pratti) Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat (H. pygmaeus) Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (H. ridleyi) Laotian leaf-nosed bat (H. rotalis) Noack's roundleaf bat (H. ruber) H. scutinares Semon's leaf-nosed bat (H. semoni) Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat (H. sorenseni) Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (H. speoris) Northern leaf-nosed bat (H. stenotis) Sumban leaf-nosed bat (H. sumbae) H. tephrus Saõ Tomé leaf-nosed bat (H. thomensis) Lesser great Leaf-nosed Bat (H. turpis) Striped leaf-nosed bat (H. vittatus) Wollaston's roundleaf bat (H. wollastoni)

Taxon identifiers
Hipposideros galeritus	Wikidata: Q309010 Wikispecies: Hipposideros galeritus BOLD: 12132 CoL: 3M373 EoL: 328245 GBIF: 5218606 iNaturalist: 40723 IRMNG: 11199988 ITIS: 631505 IUCN: 10136 MDD: 1004600 MSW: 13800782 NCBI: 58069

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