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Hipposideros caffer
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Hipposideridae > Genus: Hipposideros > Species: Hipposideros caffer
Common Name: Sundevall's Leaf-nosed Bat [English]
Type Description
Ofv. Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, 3(4):118.
Type Locality
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Prov., near Durban.
Measurements
Total length: 79-90 mm
Head and body: 42-48 mm
Tail length: 26-39 mm
Hindfoot length: 8-10 mm
Ear length: 13-16 mm
Forearm Length: 43-48 mm
Weight: 75-180 g
Head and body: 42-48 mm
Tail length: 26-39 mm
Hindfoot length: 8-10 mm
Ear length: 13-16 mm
Forearm Length: 43-48 mm
Weight: 75-180 g
Distribution
Hipposideros caffer is distributed throughout all of Africa except the Sahara and Egypt and ranges over a wide variety of vegetation types and roosts in houses, caves, and hollow trees. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:189, 253-255.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 126-127.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:332-337.
4. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
5. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 126-127.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:332-337.
4. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
5. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.