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Fulvus roundleaf bat

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Fulvus roundleaf bat
Location: Manpeshwar CaveDahisar, Mumbai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species:
H. fulvus
Binomial name
Hipposideros fulvus
Gray, 1838
Fulvus roundleaf bat range

The fulvus roundleaf bat or fulvus leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros fulvus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand and possibly in Vietnam.[1]

Taxonomy

The fulvus roundleaf bat was described as a new species in 1838 by British zoologist John Edward Gray. Gray stated that its fur was "reddish fulvous", giving it the species name "fulvus".[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Srinivasulu, C.; Molur, S. (2008). "Hipposideros fulvus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T10135A3171649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10135A3171649.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Gray, J. E. (1838). "A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae), and the description of some new genera and species". Magazine of Zoology and Botany. 2 (12): 483–505.