Hipposideros megalotis Heuglin 1862

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Hipposideridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 365-379 : 374

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11346393
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scientific name	Hipposideros megalotis Heuglin 1862
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Hipposideros megalotis Heuglin 1862 View in CoL

Hipposideros megalotis Heuglin 1862 View in CoL , Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., Halle, 29 (8): 4.

Type Locality: Eritrea, Bogos Land, Keren.

Vernacular Names: Large-eared Leaf-nosed Bat.

Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Kenya. A record from Somalia is erroneous (M. Happold, pers. comm.).

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

Discussion: megalotis species group. Sometimes placed in the subgenus Syndesmotis ; see Legendre (1982) and Gaucher and Brosset (1990). Also see Hill (1963 b).

References

Gaucher, P., and A. Brosset. 1990. Record of Hipposideros (Syndesmotis) megalotis (Heuglin) in Saudi Arabia. Mammalia, 54: 653 - 654.

Hill, J. E. 1963 b. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 11: 1 - 129.

Legendre, S. 1982. Hipposideridae (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Mediterranean Middle and Late Neogene, and evolution of the genera Hipposideros and Asellia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2: 372 - 385.