Cox's roundleaf bat

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Cox's roundleaf bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species:
H. coxi
Binomial name
Hipposideros coxi
Shelford, 1901
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Cox's Roundleaf Bat range

Cox's roundleaf bat or Cox's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros coxi) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Borneo. All confirmed records are from Sarawak (Malaysia), but it might also occur in Kalimantan (Indonesia).

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References

  1. MacArthur, E. (2016). "Hipposideros coxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T10123A22096963. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10123A22096963.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.