Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848 . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 17:252.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sri Lanka, Western Prov., Colombo .

DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka; India to W Malaysia, through Philippines, Indonesia, and New Guinea to N Queensland, N Northern Territory, and N Western Australia (Australia).

SYNONYMS: albaniensis, amboiensis, antricola, aruensis, atratus, gilberti, nicobarulae, saevus, toala.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in bicolor, but see Hill (1963b:30).