Species of Thailand
Great roundleaf bat
Hipposideros armiger, Brian Houghton Hodgson, 1835
The great roundleaf bat (Hipposideros armiger) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Description
The great roundleaf bat is similar in appearance to the closely related intermediate roundleaf bat (H. larvatus). However, the great roundleaf bat is larger and possesses four, not three, lateral accessory leaflets on each side of the main noseleaf. This bat has a forearm length up to 9.8 cm, and weighs up to 47 g.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Hipposideridae
- Genus
- Hipposideros
- Species
- Hipposideros armiger
Common names
- English:
- Great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat
- Great leaf-nosed bat
- Great roundleaf bat
Synonyms
- Rhinolophus armiger, Brian Houghton Hodgson (1835)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Chaloem Rattanakosin National Park
- Khao Sok National Park
- Khao Yai National Park
- Nam Som District, Udon Thani
- Phu Pha Man National Park