Hipposideros calcaratus Dobson 1877

Hipposideros calcaratus Dobson 1877, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 122.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Duke of York Isl.

Vernacular Names: Spurred Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Hipposideros calcaratus subsp. calcaratus Dobson 1877

Subspecies Hipposideros calcaratus subsp. cupidus K. Andersen 1918

Distribution: New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Isls, adjacent small islands.

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

Discussion: bicolor species group. Includes cupidus; see Smith and Hill (1981). Does not include maggietaylorae; see Smith and Hill (1981). Also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).