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Hipposideros ater

(Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat)

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Common Names in Czech:

pavrápenec tmavý

Common Names in English:

Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat, Bi-coloured Leaf-nosed Bat, Dusky Roundleaf Bat

Description

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 913 meters (0 to 2,995 feet).[1]

Ecology: In South Asia, this species roosts in small colonies in lofts of old thatched houses, old disused buildings, disused areas of buildings, mines, tunnels, culverts, wells, hollows of large trees in forested areas, large crevices in walls, caves on sea shores . It is a late flyer with a low, fast and fluttering flight and feeds on small sized coleopterans and mosquitoes. A single young is born after a gestation period of 150-160 days (Bates and Harrison 1997). In Southeast Asia, the species has been recorded from lowland and montane primary and secondary forest , over or associated with limestone (L. Heaney and Balete pers. comm. ), where it usually roosts in caves (L. Heaney et al. 1991; Rickart et al. 1993; Esselstyn and L. Heaney pers. comm. 2006) although there is a record from a human-constructed tunnel in lowland secondary forest (Sedlock, 2001). The species is only very rarely found in agricultural areas near to forest (L. Heaney pers. comm.). In New Guinea and Australia, it forages in a wide variety of habitats including rainforest, dry woodland, mangroves , dry scrub , euclypt woodland and secondary growth . It roosts in caves and abandoned tunnels. Animals largely roost in small groups but can sometimes be found in groups of several hundred individuals (Flannery 1995; Strahan 1995; Bonaccorso 1998). The female gives birth to a single young.[2].

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Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Hipposideros atratus • Hipposideros bicolor ssp. ater • Hipposideros bicolor ssp. nicobarulae • Hipposideros nicobarulae • Hipposideros wrighti

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

This species belongs to the bicolor species group. Earlier listed under Hipposideros bicolor (Temminck, 1834) (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951), now a distinct species (Hill 1963, Corbet and Hill 1992, Koopman 1993, Bates and Harrison 1997, Simons 2005) (Srinivasulu et al. in press ). Hill (1963) included Hipposideros wrighti (Taylor, 1934) as a synonym of this species. Includes all specimens from Palawan formerly identified as Hipposideros bicolor (Esselstyn et al. 2004). There is a need for studies of geographic variation across the species' range (L. Heaney and K . Helgen pers. comm. ).[2].

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Hipposideros

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 71 species and subspecies in this genus:

H. abae (Aba Roundleaf Bat) · H. armiger (Great Himalayan Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. ater (Dusky Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. beatus (Benito Roundleaf Bat) · H. bicolor (Bicolored Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. boeadii (Boeadis Roundleaf Bat) · H. breviceps (Short-Headed Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. caffer (Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat) · H. caffer caffer (Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat) · H. calcaratus (Spurred Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. camerunensis (Greater Roundleaf Bat) · H. cervinus (Fawn-Colored Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. cineraceus (Least Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. commersoni (Commerson's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. commersoni commersoni (Commerson's Roundleaf Bat) · H. coronatus (Large Mindanao Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. corynophyllus (Telefomin Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. coxi (Cox's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. crumeniferus (Timor Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. curtus (Short-Tailed Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. cyclops (Cyclops Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. demissus (Makira Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. diadema (Diadem Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. dinops (Fierce Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. doriae (Bornean Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. durgadasi (Durga Das's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. dyacorum (Dayak Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. edwardshilli (Hill's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. fuliginosus (Sooty Roundleaf Bat) · H. fulvus (Fulvus Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. galeritus (Cantor's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. gigas (Giant Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. grandis (Grand Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. halophyllus (Thailand Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. hypophyllus (Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. inexpectatus (Crested Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. inornatus (Arnhem Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. jonesi (Jones' Roundleaf Bat) · H. khaokhouayensis (Phou Khao Khouay Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. lamottei (Lamotte's Roundleaf Bat) · H. lankadiva (Indian Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. larvatus (Horsfield's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. lekaguli (Large Asian Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. lylei (Shield-Faced Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. macrobullatus (Big-Eared Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. madurae (Maduran Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. maggietaylorae (Maggie Taylor's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. marisae (Aellen's Roundleaf Bat) · H. megalotis (Ethiopian Large-Eard Roundleaf Bat) · H. muscinus (Fly River Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. nequam (Malayan Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. obscurus (Philippine Forest Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. orbiculus (Orbiculus Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. papua (Biak Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. pelingensis (Peleng Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. pomona (Andersen's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. pratti (Pratt's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. pygmaeus (Philippine Pygmy Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. ridleyi (Singapore Roundleaf Horseshoe Bat) · H. rotalis (Laotian Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. ruber (Noack's Roundleaf Bat) · H. sabanus (Least Roundleaf Bat) · H. schistaceus (Split Roundleaf Bat) · H. scutinares (Shield-Nosed Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. semoni (Semon's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. sorenseni (Sorensen's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. speoris (Schneider's Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. stenotis (Northern Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. sumbae (Sumban Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. turpis (Lesser Leaf-Nosed Bat) · H. wollastoni (Wollaston's Leaf-Nosed Bat)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = -55.770 meters (-182.972 feet), Standard Deviation = 732.650 based on 35 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  2. Csorba, G., Bumrungsri, S., Francis, C., Helgen, Bates, P., Gumal, M., Heaney, L., Balete, D., Esselstyn, J., McKenzie, N. & Bonaccorso, F. 2008. Hipposideros ater. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012