Lesser great leaf-nosed bat

Lesser great leaf-nosed bat
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Hipposideridae
Genus:	Macronycteris
Species:	H. turpis
Binomial name
Hipposideros turpis Bangs, 1901

The lesser great leaf-nosed bat or lesser roundleaf bat (Hipposideros turpis) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. ^{[2] [1]} Human interference has caused rapid habitat destruction, this has caused the bat to become endangered. ^[3]

Subspecies

• H. t. turpis: Yaeyama Islands, Japan, on the 4 islands Iriomote, Ishigaki, Yonaguni, and Hateruma. ^[1]
• H. t. pendleuryi Thailand
• H. t. alongensis Vietnam

Two subspecies of Thailand and Vietnam are considered to be distinct species, H. pendleuryi and H. alongensis, respectively. ^[4]

References

1. Fukui, D.; Sano, A. (2019). "Hipposideros turpis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T80224148A22099660. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T80224148A22099660.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Thong, Vu Dinh; Puechmaille, Sebastien J.; Denzinger, Annette; Bates, Paul J.J.; Dietz, Christian; Csorba, Gabor; Soisook, Pipat; Teeling, Emma C.; Matsumura, Sumiko; Furey, Neil M.; Schnitzler, Hans-Ulrich (2012). "Systematics of the Hipposideros turpis complex and a description of a new subspecies from Vietnam". Mammal Review. 42 (2): 166–192. Bibcode:2012MamRv..42..166T. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00202.x .
3. Echenique-Diaz, L. M., Yokoyama, J., Kawata, M., Abe, S., & Ishibashi, Y. (2002). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the Bang's leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros turpis. Molecular Ecology Notes, 2(4), 396–397. doi:10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00250.x
4. THONG, V. D., PUECHMAILLE, S. J., DENZINGER, A., BATES, P. J. J., DIETZ, C., CSORBA, G., SOISOOK, P., TEELING, E. C., MATSUMURA, S., FUREY, N. M., & SCHNITZLER, H.-U. (2011). Systematics of the Hipposideros turpis complex and a description of a new subspecies from Vietnam. Mammal Review, 42(2), 166–192. doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00202.x