Striped leaf-nosed bat

Striped leaf-nosed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Macronycteris
Species:
M. vittata
Binomial name
Macronycteris vittata
(Peters, 1852)[1]
Striped leaf-nosed bat range
Synonyms

Hipposideros marungensis Noack, 1887
Hipposideros mostellum Thomas, 1904
Hipposideros viegasi Monard, 1939

The striped leaf-nosed bat (Macronycteris vittata)[2] is a species of bat native to eastern and southern Africa.[3] It was formerly considered part of M. commersoni, which is now viewed as being restricted to Madagascar.[1][3] Both commersoni and it were formerly placed in the genus Hipposideros, but moved to the resurrected Macronycteris in 2017 on the basis of molecular evidence.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Cotterill, F.P.D.; Cooper-Bohannon, R. (2020). "Macronycteris vittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T135485A22050985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T135485A22050985.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Foley, N. M.; Goodman, S. M.; Whelan, C. V.; Puechmaille, S. J.; Teeling, E. (June 2017). "Towards navigating the Minotaur's labyrinth: cryptic diversity and taxonomic revision within the speciose genus Hipposideros (Hipposideridae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 19 (1): 1–18. doi:10.3161/15081109acc2017.19.1.001.
  3. ^ a b Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.