Hipposideros bicolor Temminck 1834

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Hipposideridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 365-379 : 368

Hipposideros bicolor Temminck 1834

Hipposideros bicolor Temminck 1834 , Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol., 1: 19.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Java, Anjer coast. Lectotype designated and type locality restricted by Tate (1941).

Vernacular Names: Bicolored Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Hipposideros bicolor subsp. bicolor Temminck 1834

Subspecies Hipposideros bicolor subsp. atrox K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Hipposideros bicolor subsp. erigens Lawrence 1939

Subspecies Hipposideros bicolor subsp. hilli Kitchener 1996

Subspecies Hipposideros bicolor subsp. major K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Hipposideros bicolor subsp. selatan Kitchener 1996

Subspecies Hipposideros bicolor subsp. tanimbarensis Kitchener 1996

Distribution: Laos, Vietnam, S Thailand, and Malaysia to Borneo and the Philippines; Java, Sumbawa, Seralu, Sumba, Savu, Roti, and Timor Isls ( Indonesia), and adjacent small islands. A Cambodian record was rejected by Kock (2000 a) and a Bali record was rejected by Kock and Dobat (2000); a Taiwan record is doubtful, see Corbet and Hill (1992).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: bicolor species group. Includes erigens; see Hill (1963 b). Does not include pomona , gentilis, or macrobullatus ; see Hill et al. (1986). Reviewed in part by Hill (1983), Bergmans and van Bree (1986), Corbet and Hill (1992), Kitchener and Maharadatunkamsi (1995), and Kitchener et al. (1996). Sumbawa specimens have not be allocated to subspecies; see Kitchener et al. (1996). Probably includes more than one species, including cryptic species distinguishable primarily by echolocation call frequencies (see Kingston et al., 2001).