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Hipposideros ruber
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Hipposideridae > Genus: Hipposideros > Species: Hipposideros ruber
Common Name: Noack's Leaf-nosed Bat [English]
Type Description
Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Oekol. Geogr. Tiere, 7:586.
Type Locality
Tanzania, Eastern Province, Ngerengere River.
Measurements
Total length: 86-91 mm
Head and body: 42-48 mm
Tail length: 26-39 mm
Hindfoot length: 9-10 mm
Ear length: 14-16 mm
Forearm Length: 48-58 mm
Weight: 75-180 g
Head and body: 42-48 mm
Tail length: 26-39 mm
Hindfoot length: 9-10 mm
Ear length: 14-16 mm
Forearm Length: 48-58 mm
Weight: 75-180 g
Distribution
A forest dweller that also can be found within drier areas, Hipposideros ruber is distributed from Gambia to Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Angola to Zambia and Tanzania. (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.