Fly River roundleaf bat

The Fly River roundleaf bat (Hipposideros muscinus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Fly River roundleaf bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species:
H. muscinus
Binomial name
Hipposideros muscinus
(Thomas & Doria, 1886)
Fly River roundleaf bat range
Synonyms
  • Phyllorhina muscina Thomas & Doria, 1886

Taxonomy

The Fly River roundleaf bat was described as a new species in 1886 by British mammalogist Oldfield Thomas and Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria. They initially placed it in the now-defunct genus Phyllorhina, with a scientific name of Phyllorhina muscina. The holotype had been collected by Luigi D'Albertis along the Fly River of Papua New Guinea.[2] In 1941, George Henry Hamilton Tate divided the genus Hipposideros into species groups of morphologically similar species. He named one group the Hipposideros muscinus group: in it, he placed the Fly River roundleaf bat, Semon's leaf-nosed bat (H. semoni), Wollaston's roundleaf bat (H. wollastoni), and the northern leaf-nosed bat (H. stenotis).[3] In 1963, however, John Edwards Hill included the Fly River roundleaf bat as part of the Hipposideros cyclops species group along with all previous members of the H. muscinus group, as well as H. cyclops and H. camerunensis.[4]

Description

Based on two individuals, Thomas and Doria noted that the Fly River roundleaf bat has a head and body length of 44–52 mm (1.7–2.0 in); a tail length of 23 mm (0.91 in); and a forearm length of 45–47 mm (1.8–1.9 in).[2]

Range and habitat

The Fly River roundleaf bat is found only on the island of New Guinea, where its range includes both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It has been documented at a range of elevations from 0–750 m (0–2,461 ft) above sea level. It is found in forested habitat.[1]

Conservation

As of 2017, the Fly River roundleaf bat is evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN—its lowest conservation priority. It meets the criteria for this classification because it has a relatively wide geographic range and its lowland habitat is mostly intact.[1]

References
  1. Armstrong, K.; Aplin, K. (2017). "Hipposideros muscinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T10151A22101657.
  2. Thomas, O.; Doria, G. (1886). "Note intoruo ad alcuni Chirotteri appartenenti al Museo Civico di Genova e descrizione di due nuove specie del genere Phyllorhina" [Notes on some Chiroptera belonging to the Genoa Civic Museum and description of two new species of the genus Phyllorhina]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 2 (in Italian). 24: 201–204.
  3. Tate, G. H. H. (1941). "A review of the genus Hipposideros with special reference to Indo-Australian species". Bulletin of the AMNH. 78 (5): 9. hdl:2246/1780.
  4. FLANNERY, T.F.; COLGAN, D.J. (1993). "A new species and two new subspecies of Hipposideros (Chiroptera) from Western Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 45 (1): 43–57. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.129.
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