| Pratt's roundleaf bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Hipposideridae |
| Genus: | Hipposideros |
| Species: | H. pratti |
| Binomial name | |
| Hipposideros pratti Thomas, 1891 | |
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| Pratt's roundleaf bat range | |
Pratt's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros pratti) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
It was described as a new species in 1891 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. [2] The eponym for the species name "pratti" is Antwerp Edgar Pratt. [3] Pratt collected the holotype that Thomas used to describe the species. [2]
Pratt's roundleaf bat has dorsal fur that is reddish brown in color. However, its ventral fur is lighter. The average forearm length of these bats is 83.4–90.8 mm (3.28–3.57 in) and the average body mass is 53–68.9 g (1.87–2.43 oz). It has a transverse bilobed shield behind the posterior noseleaf. In young males and females the shield may be small, but in old males it becomes an elaborate, flashy structure. [4]
Pratt's roundleaf bat resides in caves which are typical diurnal roosts site and may contain hundreds or thousands of bats. It also shares its roosts with other bat species such as the great roundleaf bat, Hipposideros armiger. [4]
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Commerson's roundleaf bat, also known as Commerson's leaf-nosed bat, is a species of bat endemic to Madagascar. It is named after French naturalist Philibert Commerson (1727-1773). Bat populations of Africa or São Tomé and Príncipe formerly considered part of this species are now classified separately as M. gigas, M. thomensis or M. vattatus, while one from Madagascar was split off to become M. cryptovalorona. It was formerly placed in the genus Hipposideros, but moved to the resurrected Macronycteris in 2017 on the basis of molecular evidence.
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