Lamotte's roundleaf bat
Lamotte's roundleaf bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Rhinolophidae |
Genus: | Hipposideros |
Species: | H. lamottei |
Binomial name | |
Hipposideros lamottei (Brosset, 1984) | |
Lamotte's Roundleaf Bat range |
Lamotte's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros lamottei) is a horseshoe bat found only at Mount Nimba on the border of Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and Liberia. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.
References
- Mickleburgh et al. (2004). Hipposideros lamottei. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is critically endangered and the criteria used
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