Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 15:183.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia, Penang .

DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka and India through SE Asia to Java and Borneo.

SYNONYMS: brachyotis, insolens, longicauda .

COMMENTS: Includes longicauda; see Hill (19636:56). Formerly included cervinus; but see Jenkins and Hill (1981).