Philippine forest roundleaf bat

Species of bat

Philippine forest roundleaf bat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Hipposideridae
Genus:	Hipposideros
Species:	H. obscurus
Binomial name
*Hipposideros obscurus* (Peters, 1861)

Philippine forest roundleaf bat range
Synonyms
Phyllorhina obscura Peters, 1861

The Philippine forest roundleaf bat (Hipposideros obscurus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Taxonomy and etymology

It was described as a new species in 1861 by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. Peters initially placed it in the now-defunct genus Phyllorhina, with the scientific name Phyllorhina obscura. Its species name "obscurus" is Latin for "dark".

References

Alviola, P.A.; Sedlock, J.; Alvarez, J.; Fidelino, J.; Pedregosa, M.; Jakosalem, P.G.; Tanalgo, K. (2019). "Hipposideros obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10153A22101961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T10153A22101961.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Peters, Wilhelm (1861). "Berichtet über die von Hrn. F. Jagor bisher auf Malacca, Borneo, Java und den Philippinen gesammelten Säugethiere aus den Ordnungen der Halbaffen, Pelzflatterer und Flederthiere". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1861 (2): 709.
"obscure (adj.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera
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Taxon identifiers
Hipposideros obscurus	Wikidata: Q1764325 Wikispecies: Hipposideros obscurus CoL: 3M37V EoL: 328260 GBIF: 5218562 iNaturalist: 40731 IRMNG: 10238915 ITIS: 631520 IUCN: 10153 MDD: 1004623 MSW: 13800815 NCBI: 1116357 Observation.org: 83950 Open Tree of Life: 1066860
Phyllorhina obscura	Wikidata: Q109647427 CoL: 77FKL GBIF: 8008028 ITIS: 946935

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