Hipposideros diadema
(E. Geoffroy, 1813). Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 20:263.


©2002

ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Rhinolophidae

COMMON NAME—Diadem roundleaf bat.

DISTRIBUTION—Burma to the Solomon Islands; throughout the Philippines except Batanes/Babuyan region. Specimens from Bohol (USNM), Busuanga (USNM), Calauit (UMMZ), Catanduanes (USNM), Dinagat (DMNH), Guimaras (FMNH), Leyte (USNM), Luzon [Bulacan (USNM), Cagayan (PNM), Camarines Sur (USNM), Ilocos Norte (USNM), Isabela (FMNH, UMMZ), Laguna (AMNH), Nueva Vizcaya (UMMZ), Pampanga (USNM), Quezon (UMMZ) provinces], Mindanao [ Agusan del Norte (SU), Bukidnon (FMNH), Davao Oriental (UPLB), Lanao del Norte (UPLB), Maguindanao (FMNH), Zamboanga del Norte (SU), Negros (FMNH), Palawan (USNM), Panay (SU), Polillo (FMNH), Samar (USNM), Siquijor (FMNH). Also reported from South Cotabato Province (Mindanao) by Sanborn (1952), from Cebu and Mindoro by Lawrence (1939), from Benguet and Rizal provinces (Luzon), Zamboanga del Sur Province (Mindanao) by Taylor (1934).

HABITAT—In primary forest and disturbed lowland areas from sea level to 900 m. Roost in hollow trees and in caves and human-made tunnels (Heaney et al., in press; Lepiten, 1995; Rickart et al., 1993; Sanborn, 1952).

STATUS—Widespread and common.


©2002 (photograph by P. Heideman)

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