Hipposideros gigas

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: This species has been recorded from a range of habitats ; it is generally found in lowland tropical forest (including secondary and riverine forest), but has been recorded from savanna in parts of its range (e.g. . Kenya). Colonies typically roost in caves, but in some instances may be found roosting in dense vegetation (Happold 1987).[1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     7     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)   
  
•     7.1     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves   
  
•     7.2     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Other Subterranean Habitats   
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Taxonomy

Notes

This species was formerly included in Hipposideros commersoni, but it is clearly distinct based on differences in morphology and echolocation calls (Pye 1972; McWilliam 1982. Some West African specimens identified as gigas may represent Hipposideros vittatus (J. Fahr pers. comm. ). The species has both forest and savanna populations, and the savanna form might represent a distinct species.[1].

Similar Species

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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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 116.
• Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1866- url p. 19.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M. & Bergmans, W. 2008. Hipposideros gigas. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7048755
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14088653
• IUCN ID: 214255
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1027810

Footnotes

1. Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M. & Bergmans, W. 2008. Hipposideros gigas. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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