Hipposideros beatus K. Andersen, 1906
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a24 |
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4369E104-E14C-4436-9B57-6C38A6AEBE65 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4338083 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A87C3-D553-3956-1CF9-F9B1FB0F4160 |
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Felipe |
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Hipposideros beatus K. Andersen, 1906 |
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Hipposideros beatus K. Andersen, 1906 View in CoL
Hipposiderus beatus K. Andersen, 1906: 275.
COMMON NAME. — English: Benito Roundleaf Bat. French: Phyllorhine de Benito.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 3 specimens.
Mount Cameroon • 3 ♀♀; Malende; 4°21’00”N, 9°26’00”E; 150 m; 20.XII-27.XII.1957; Martin Eisentraut leg.; SMNS 8161, 8162, ZFMK 1961.0674 GoogleMaps .
ORIGINAL DATA. — The Benito roundleaf bat was not captured during our field surveys.
HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — The Benito roundleaf bat has been recorded across the forest zone of West, Central, and East Africa ( Monadjem et al. 2017d). Happold (1987) noted that this species inhabits tropical lowland forests, where it roosts singly, or in small groups in the cavities of fallen logs, hollow trees close to the ground and in road culverts. He further pointed out that this species has a preference for habitats close to water bodies. This species is threatened by habitat loss ( Monadjem et al. 2017d).
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Hipposideros beatus K. Andersen, 1906
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