Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861

Decher, Jan, Norris, Ryan W., Abedi-Lartey, Michael, Oppong, James, Hutterer, Rainer, Weinbrenner, Martin, Koch, Martin, Podsiadlowski, Lars & Kilpatrick, C. William, 2021, A survey of small mammals in the Volta Region of Ghana with comments on zoogeography and conservation, Zoosystema 43 (14), pp. 253-281 : 269

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a14

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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7008A933-FE5E-405E-BBAD-8C06D2A8807D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4784007

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scientific name

Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861
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Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861 View in CoL

Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861: 157 View in CoL .

COMMON NAME. — Hammer-headed Bat.

REMARK

Males of this species were only heard performing their characteristic lek-calling behaviour ( Bradbury 1977) in a nearby mango tree at Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary in August 2001. Hypsignathus monstrosus has been previously recorded in the Volta Region from Odomi Jongo, 2 miles E Nkwanta and Leklebi Agbesia (USNM).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — Hypsignathus monstrosus is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Pteropodidae

Genus

Hypsignathus

Loc

Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861

Decher, Jan, Norris, Ryan W., Abedi-Lartey, Michael, Oppong, James, Hutterer, Rainer, Weinbrenner, Martin, Koch, Martin, Podsiadlowski, Lars & Kilpatrick, C. William 2021
2021
Loc

Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861: 157

ALLEN H. 1861: 157
1861
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