Cantor's roundleaf bat

Cantor's roundleaf bat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Hipposideridae
Genus:	Hipposideros
Species:	H. galeritus
Binomial name
*Hipposideros galeritus* Cantor, 1846

Cantor's Roundleaf Bat range

Cantor's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros galeritus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

It is named after Theodore Edward Cantor, a 19th Century Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.

Description

Head and body length is 7-9cm. Forearms 5cm. Wingspan 27-30cm. Weight 6-7g.

Females are larger than males. Generally deep reddish brown. Can vary from almost blackish to bright reddish brown. Underside is paler. Pelage silky. Ears are short and broad with the outer margin concave below the blunt tip, inner margin is highly convex.

Culture

Known as කෙස්-දිගු පත්-නාස් වවුලා (meaning "long-haired leaf-nosed bat") in Sinhala.

References

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Hipposideros galeritus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

Extant species of family Hipposideridae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera

Anthops	Flower-faced bat

Asellia	Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat (A. patrizii) Trident bat (A. tridens)

Aselliscus (Tate's trident- nosed bats)	Stoliczka's trident bat (A. stoliczkanus) Temminck's trident bat (A. tricuspidatus)

Cloeotis	Percival's trident bat (C. percivali)

Coelops	East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. frithii) Philippine tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. hirsutus) Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. robinsoni)

Hipposideros (roundleaf bats)	Aba roundleaf bat (H. abae) Great roundleaf bat (H. armiger) Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat (H. ater) Benito roundleaf bat (H. beatus) Bicolored roundleaf bat (H. bicolor) Boeadi's roundleaf bat (H. boeadii) Short-headed roundleaf bat (H. breviceps) Sundevall's roundleaf bat (H. caffer) Spurred roundleaf bat (H. calcaratus) Greater roundleaf bat (H. camerunensis) Fawn leaf-nosed bat (H. cervinus) Ashy roundleaf bat (H. cineraceus) Commerson's roundleaf bat (H. commersoni) Large Mindanao roundleaf bat (H. coronatus) Telefomin roundleaf bat (H. corynophyllus) Cox's roundleaf bat (H. coxi) Timor roundleaf bat (H. crumeniferus) Short-tailed roundleaf bat (H. curtus) Cyclops roundleaf bat (H. cyclops) Makira roundleaf bat (H. demissus) Diadem leaf-nosed bat (H. diadema) Fierce roundleaf bat (H. dinops) Borneo roundleaf bat (H. doriae) Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat (H. durgadasi) Dayak roundleaf bat (H. dyacorum) Hill's roundleaf bat (H. edwardshilli) H. fasensis Sooty roundleaf bat (H. fuliginosus) Fulvus roundleaf bat (H. fulvus) Cantor's roundleaf bat (H. galeritus) Giant roundleaf bat (H. gigas) Grand roundleaf bat (H. grandis) Thailand roundleaf bat (H. halophyllus) Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat (H. hypophyllus) Crested roundleaf bat (H. inexpectatus) Arnhem leaf-nosed bat (H. inornatus) Jones's roundleaf bat (H. jonesi) Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat (H. khaokhouayensis) Khasian Leaf-nosed Bat (H. khasiana) Lamotte's roundleaf bat (H. lamottei) Indian roundleaf bat (H. lankadiva) Intermediate roundleaf bat (H. larvatus) Large Asian roundleaf bat (H. lekaguli) Shield-faced roundleaf bat (H. lylei) Big-eared roundleaf bat (H. macrobullatus) Maduran leaf-nosed bat (H. madurae) Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat (H. maggietaylorae) Aellen's roundleaf bat (H. marisae) Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat (H. megalotis) Fly River roundleaf bat (H. muscinus) Malayan roundleaf bat (H. nequam) Philippine Forest roundleaf bat (H. obscurus) Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat (H. orbiculus) Biak roundleaf bat (H. papua) H. parnabyi Peleng leaf-nosed bat (H. pelingensis) Pomona roundleaf bat (H. pomona) Pratt's roundleaf bat (H. pratti) Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat (H. pygmaeus) Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (H. ridleyi) Laotian leaf-nosed bat (H. rotalis) Noack's roundleaf bat (H. ruber) H. scutinares Semon's leaf-nosed bat (H. semoni) Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat (H. sorenseni) Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (H. speoris) Northern leaf-nosed bat (H. stenotis) Sumban leaf-nosed bat (H. sumbae) H. tephrus Saõ Tomé leaf-nosed bat (H. thomensis) Lesser great Leaf-nosed Bat (H. turpis) Striped leaf-nosed bat (H. vittatus) Wollaston's roundleaf bat (H. wollastoni)

Paracoelops	Vietnam leaf-nosed bat (P. megalotis)

Rhinonicteris	Orange leaf-nosed bat (R. aurantia)

Paratriaenops	Grandidier's trident bat (P. auritus) Trouessart's trident bat (P. furculus) Paulian's triple leaf-nosed bat (P. pauliani)

Triaenops (triple leaf- nosed bats)	T. afer T. menamena T. parvus Persian trident bat (T. persicus)