Hipposideros inexpectatus

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Crested Roundleaf Bat

Also as Crested Leaf-nosed Bat.
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Location:Indonesia, Central Sulawesi province, Togean Islands, Malenge IslandDate taken:23 September 2025Description:Also as Crested Leaf-nosed Bat.

Distribution :

N Sulawesi (Indonesia).

Notes :

The species identification is uncertain. This individual may represent a different taxon.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8103

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Laurie, E.M.O. and Hill, J.E. 1954-06-30. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758–1952. British Museum, London, 175 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635600

Original name as described

Hipposideros inexpectatus

Other common names

Crested Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1925.6.5.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ba315718-212e-42d1-9d3e-2ec986e0094a

Type locality

"Posso (= Poso), north Celebes [= Sulawesi], " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004606

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Hipposideros inexpectatus

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

inexpectatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.6.5.19

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Posso (= Poso), north Celebes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Central Sulawesi.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ba315718-212e-42d1-9d3e-2ec986e0094a

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635600

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Hill (1963:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2196)
Corbet & Hill (1980:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10139/22092281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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