Species Hipposideros commersoni (E. Geoffroy, 1813) (Commerson's roundleaf bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Rhinolophidae
  • ----- species: Hipposideros commersoni
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 15 cm, wing-span: 60 cm; pale-grey to reddish fur, simple noseleaf, males have white shoulder tufts
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 52
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27758498
Creator: Frank Vassen
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: Commerson’s Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros commersoni), Tsimamampetsotsa, Madagascar  Swarowski 80 HD 30 X, Coolpix P5100 (Adapter DCB)
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