Hipposideros ater
Templeton, 1848. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 17:252.


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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Rhinolophidae

COMMON NAME—Dusky roundleaf bat

DISTRIBUTION—India to Australia; throughout the Philippines. Recorded from Bohol (USNM), Catanduanes (USNM), Cebu (AMNH), Leyte (USNM), Luzon [Abra (SMF), Cagayan (FMNH), Camarines Sur (USNM), Laguna (FMNH), Pampanga (USNM), Rizal (USNM), Tarlac (USNM) provinces], Maripipi (USNM), Mindanao [Davao del Sur (FMNH)], Mindoro (FMNH), Negros (FMNH), Palawan (FMNH). Also reported from Balabac by Hill (1963), Benguet Province (Luzon) by Taylor (1934), Marinduque and Mindoro by Lawrence (1939).

HABITAT—Poorly known; recorded from sea level to 1200 m in lowland and montane forest. Known to roost in caves in forest and in agricultural areas (Heaney et al., 1991; Rickart et al., 1993).

STATUS—Geographically widespread. In the Philippines, probably has declined as a result of destruction of lowland forest and disturbance of caves.

COMMENT—Hill (1963) included H. wrighti (Taylor 1934) as a synonym of this species.

COMMENT ADDED IN 2005––Includes all specimens from Palawan formerly identified as H. bicolor (Esselstyn et al., 2004). Echolocation call described by Sedlock (2001), who obtained specimens from a human-constructed tunnel in secondary forest at 50-450 m.

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