Indian roundleaf bat
| Indian roundleaf bat | |
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| Hipposideros lankadiva | |
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| Species: | H. lankadiva
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| Hipposideros lankadiva Kelaart, 1850
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| Indian Roundleaf Bat range | |
The Indian Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros lankadiva) is a species of bat in the Hipposideridae family. It is found in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss. Hipposideros schistaceus is a synonym.[1]
Pictures
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Hipposideros lankadiva (Kelaart's leaf-nosed bat) in a cave east of Bibile, Sri Lanka -
![Colony of Hipposideros lankadiva [or perhaps a mixture of Rhinolophus rouxii and Hipposideros speoris] in a cave in Matale district, Sri Lanka](/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Hipposideros_lankadiva_Kelaart%27s_leaf-nosed_bat_3.jpg/120px-Hipposideros_lankadiva_Kelaart%27s_leaf-nosed_bat_3.jpg)
Colony of Hipposideros lankadiva [or perhaps a mixture of Rhinolophus rouxii and Hipposideros speoris] in a cave in Matale district, Sri Lanka
![Colony of Hipposideros lankadiva [or perhaps a mixture of Rhinolophus rouxii and Hipposideros speoris] in a cave in Matale district, Sri Lanka](/enwiki/wiki/File:Hipposideros_lankadiva_Kelaart%27s_leaf-nosed_bat_3.jpg)
References
- ^ Molur et al., 2010; Simmons, 2005, p. 373
Literature cited
- Molur, S., Yapa, W. and Srinivasulu, C. 2008. Hipposideros lankadiva. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on October 17, 2010.
- Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
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