Heart-nosed bat

Heart-nosed bat

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Megadermatidae
Genus:	Cardioderma Peters, 1873
Species:	C. cor
Binomial name
*Cardioderma cor* (Peters, 1872)

Heart-nosed bat range

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The heart-nosed bat (Cardioderma cor) is a species of bat in the family Megadermatidae. It is monotypic within the genus Cardioderma. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts.

References

Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. Cardioderma cor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

Extant species of family Megadermatidae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera

Cardioderma	Heart-nosed Bat (C. cor)

Lavia	Yellow-winged Bat (L. frons)

Macroderma	Ghost Bat (M. gigas)

Megaderma	Lesser False Vampire Bat (M. spasma) Greater False Vampire Bat (M. lyra)

Eudiscoderma	Thongaree’s Disc-nosed Bat (E. thongareeae)

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