Hipposideros orbiculus Francis, Kock and Habersetzer, 1999

Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu & John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, PLoS ONE 12 (7), pp. 1-65 : 26-27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4343565
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F3F77F-FF87-FF98-FDB4-D62EBD22FE78
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Hipposideros orbiculus Francis, Kock and Habersetzer, 1999
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Hipposideros orbiculus Francis, Kock and Habersetzer, 1999 View in CoL

Hipposideros orbiculus Francis, Kock and Habersetzer, 1999: 259 View in CoL ; Abai Siat , southeast Kota Baru, 01˚02’ S 101˚43’ E, Sumatera Barat, Sumatra, INDONESIA (H. Stephan, collector; SMF 570902 About SMF ) [ 142].

Common English name: Small Disc Roundleaf Bat

Barcode Index Number: There are no DNA barcodes recorded under this name on BOLD.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

Remarks: H. orbiculus is extremely rare and possibly has a limited distribution with only three known locations: Kota Baru in Sumatra Barat, Rawang-Kuala Selangor and Sungkai Wildlife Forest Reserve in Peninsular Malaysia [ 125, 142].

Recorded at: Selangor: 16+ km from Rawang, on road between Rawang and Kuala Selangor, northwest Kuala Lumpur [ 142]; Perak: recorded at Sungkai Wildlife Reserve in the year 2007 [ 143].

H. orbiculus has been reported roosting in drainage pipes and recorded in peat-swamp forest [ 14].