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Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846

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Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros galeritus)
Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros galeritus)
Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846
Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros galeritus)
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🗒 Synonyms
No Data
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • Cantora Patanak Chamchika
English
  • Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat
  • Fawn Leaf-nosed Bat
Other
  • Cantor’s Leaf‐nosed Bat
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Habit

Insectivorous, in small colonies, avoids other bat species.

Habitat

Caves, crevices, pile of boulders, temples.

Niche

Cracks, boulders, roofs etc. Up to 1100m.

TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
Attributions TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
Contributors 
Sanjay Molur
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    SubSpecies Varieties Races
    Hipposideros galeritus brachyotis Dobson, 1874 ; Hipposideros galeritus galeritus Cantor, 1846
    Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
    Attributions Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      No Data
      📚 Natural History
      Morphology
      Insectivorous, in small colonies, avoids other bat species.
      TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
      Attributions TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat

        Habitat

        Terrestrial
        Terrestrial
        Habitat

        Caves, crevices, pile of boulders, temples.

        Niche

        Cracks, boulders, roofs etc. Up to 1100m.

        TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
        Attributions TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Description
          Global distribution

          Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Java, Borneo.

          Known presence in Protected Areas

          India Melghat Tiger Reserve, Borivili National Park, Maharashtra; Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh

          TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
          Attributions TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Global Distribution

            Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Loas, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam Hipposideros galeritus brachyotis : Sri Lanka Hipposideros galeritus galeritus : Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand

            Indian Distribution

            Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Hipposideros galeritus brachyotis : Central and West India, Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal Hipposideros galeritus galeritus : Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

            Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
            Attributions Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Global Distribution

              Malaysia

              Distribution In Assam

              Assam.

              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                No Data
                📚 Occurrence
                No Data
                📚 Demography and Conservation
                Trends
                Not known.
                TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
                Attributions TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Risk Statement
                  Habitat status

                  No change in habitat.

                  Data quality

                  Field study, Literature; observed, inferred.

                  TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
                  Attributions TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Conservation Status

                    IUCN Red List Category

                    Least Concern
                    Least Concern
                    IUCN redlist Status: Least Concern
                    Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
                    Attributions Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      IUCN Redlist Status: Least Concern
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Threats
                        Exploitation, hunting for medicine in Sri Lanka, human interference, habitat loss
                        TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
                        Attributions TTMS 2011. Threatened Taxa Monitoring System: Status of Bats in South Asia [Ver. 2011]. Zoo Outreach Organization and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India.
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Uses and Management
                          No Data
                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          1. Bates & Harrison, 1997; Cantor, 1846; Dobson, 1874; Harshey & Chandra, 2001; Khan, 2001; Sinha, 1999; Wilson & Reeder, 1993
                          1. Wilson and Reeder, 2005
                          1. Talmale and Pradhan, 2009
                          2. Alfred et al., 2002, 2006
                          Information Listing > References
                          1. Bates & Harrison, 1997; Cantor, 1846; Dobson, 1874; Harshey & Chandra, 2001; Khan, 2001; Sinha, 1999; Wilson & Reeder, 1993
                          2. Wilson and Reeder, 2005
                          3. Talmale and Pradhan, 2009
                          4. Alfred et al., 2002, 2006

                          Range extension of the Least Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Hipposideridae): to central India

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          Mugger Crocodile Crocodylus palustris Lesson, 1831 (Reptilia: Crocodilia: Crocodylidae) in river Saberi of Godavari system in southern Odisha, India: conservation implications

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          A first record of three hitherto unreported species of bats from Kerala, India with a note on Myotis peytoni (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          Echolocation calls of the two endemic leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Yinpterochiroptera: Hipposideridae) of India: Hipposideros hypophyllus Kock & Bhat, 1994 and Hipposideros durgadasi Khajuria, 1970

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          Additional records of Cantor’s Leaf-Nosed Bat Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in eastern India: Odisha

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          The reassessment of the threatened status of the Indian endemic Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros hypophyllus Kock & Bhat, 1994 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Hipposideridae)

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          A key to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of South Asia

                          Ravi Vaidyanathan

                          A Checklist of Valid Indian Bat Species (Chiroptera: Mammalia)

                          Ravi Vaidyanathan
                          No Data
                          📚 Meta data
                          No Data
                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomAnimalia
                          PhylumChordata
                          ClassMammalia
                          OrderChiroptera
                          taxon:hierarchy.superfamilyRhinolophoidea
                          FamilyHipposideridae
                          GenusHipposideros
                          SpeciesHipposideros galeritus Cantor 1846
                          📊 Temporal Distribution
                          📷 Related Observations
                          👥 Groups
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