Hipposideros diadema (E. Geoffroy 1813)

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 : 370

Hipposideros diadema (E. Geoffroy 1813)

[Rhinolophus] diadema E. Geoffroy 1813 , Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 20: 263.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Isls, Timor Isl.

Vernacular Names: Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. diadema E. Geoffroy 1813

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. ceramensis Laurie and Hill 1954

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. custos K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. enganus K. Andersen 1907

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. euotis K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. griseus Meyen 1883

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. masoni Dobson 1872

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. mirandus Thomas 1914

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. natunensis Chasen 1940

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. nicobarensis Dobson 1871

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. nobilis Horsfield 1823

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. oceanitis K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. reginae Troughton 1937

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. speculator K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Hipposideros diadema subsp. trobrius Troughton 1937

Distribution: Burma and Vietnam through Thailand, Laos, W Malaysia and Indonesia (including Sumatra, Borneo, and Bali) to New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Isls and NE Australia; Philippines; Nicobar Isls. Reports of this species from Cambodia cannot be confirmed (Kock, 2000 a).

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

Discussion: diadema species group. Many subspecies are of dubious validity, and several island populations have not been assigned to subspecies. Reviewed in part by Laurie and Hill (1954) and Kitchener et al. (1992 b). Does not include demissus and inornatus ; see Kitchener et al. (1992 b). Also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998). May include ornatus , a name listed as a synonym of diadema by Koopman (1993) but which I have been unable to trace (although it may be a lapsus for inornatus ).