Great roundleaf bat
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| Species: | H. armiger
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| Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835)
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The great roundleaf bat (Hipposideros armiger) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]
Description
The great roundleaf bat is similar in appearance to the closely related intermediate roundleaf bat (H. larvatus). However, the great roundleaf bat is larger and possesses four, not three, lateral accessory leaflets on each side of the main noseleaf. This bat has a forearm length up to 9.8 cm, and weighs up to 47 g.[2]
References
- ^ Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Hipposideros armiger. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- ^ Ecologyasia.com
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