Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1863) . Mamm. Austr., 3: pl. 34.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Cape York .

DISTRIBUTION: W Malaysia, Sumatra, and the Philippines to Vanuatu (= New Hebrides) and NE Australia.

SYNONYMS: batchianensis, celebensis, labuanensis, misoriensis, schneideri.

COMMENTS: Considered distinct from galeritus (in which it was formerly included) by Jenkins and Hill (1981).