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Cyclops roundleaf bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Rhinolophidae
Subfamily : Hipposiderinae
Species : Hipposideros cyclops
The Cyclops roundleaf bat is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the cyclops roundleaf bat
A young / baby of a cyclops roundleaf bat is called a 'pup'. A cyclops roundleaf bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.Countries
Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda
Facts about the cyclops roundleaf bat
Hipposideros cyclops is a woolly bat and is so named because of the erect extension off the center of the back lappet of the nose-leaf with a small club at the tip. (Full text)
1. Hipposideros, genus Hipposideros -- (horseshoe bats)Hipposideros
genus Hipposideros
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