| Philippine forest roundleaf bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Hipposideridae |
| Genus: | Hipposideros |
| Species: | H. obscurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hipposideros obscurus (Peters, 1861) | |
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| Philippine forest roundleaf bat range | |
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The Philippine forest roundleaf bat (Hipposideros obscurus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
It was described as a new species in 1861 by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. Peters initially placed it in the now-defunct genus Phyllorhina, with the scientific name Phyllorhina obscura. [2] Its species name " obscurus " is Latin for "dark". [3]
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