Cantor's roundleaf bat

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Cantor's roundleaf bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species:
H. galeritus
Binomial name
Hipposideros galeritus
Cantor, 1846
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Cantor's Roundleaf Bat range

Cantor's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros galeritus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

It is named after Theodore Edward Cantor, a 19th-century Danish physician, zoologist, and botanist. [2]

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References

  1. Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Hipposideros galeritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T10136A22090092. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T10136A22090092.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 71. ISBN   978-0-8018-9533-3 . Retrieved 7 June 2019.