Cyclops Roundleaf Bat

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Cyclops Roundleaf Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Hipposideridae Genus: Hipposideros Species: H. cyclops
Binomial name
Hipposideros cyclops (Temminck, 1853)

The Cyclops Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros cyclops) is a species of bat in the Hipposideridae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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• Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W., Fahr, J. & Juste, J. 2004. Hipposideros cyclops. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.