Hipposideros maggietaylorae Smith and Hill 1981

Hipposideros maggietaylorae Smith and Hill 1981, Los Angeles County Mus. Contrib. Sci., 331: 9.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., New Ireland, 1.3 km S, 3 km E, Lakuramau Plantation.

Vernacular Names: Maggie Taylor's Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Hipposideros maggietaylorae subsp. maggietaylorae Smith and Hill 1981

Subspecies Hipposideros maggietaylorae subsp. erroris Smith and Hill 1981

Distribution: New Guinea (possibly extending as far west as Waigeo Isl.), Bismarck Arch.

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

Discussion: bicolor species group. Formerly confused with calcaratus; see Smith and Hill (1981). Also see Flannery (1995 a, b), Bonaccorso (1998), and Meinig (2002).