Hipposideros fuliginosus Temminck 1853

Hipposideros fuliginosus Temminck 1853, Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de Guine: 77.

Type Locality: Ghana.

Vernacular Names: Sooty Leaf-nosed Bat.

Distribution: Sierra Leone and Liberia to Dem. Rep. Congo. Ethiopian records represent another, possibly undescribed, species (J. Fahr, pers. comm.).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: bicolor species group.