Hipposideros cervinus Gould 1854

Hipposideros cervinus Gould 1854, Mamm. Aust., Vol. 3: pl. 34.

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Cape York and Albany Isl.

Vernacular Names: Fawn-colored Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Hipposideros cervinus subsp. cervinus Gould 1854

Subspecies Hipposideros cervinus subsp. batchianus Matschie 1901

Subspecies Hipposideros cervinus subsp. labuanensis Tomes 1859

Subspecies Hipposideros cervinus subsp. misoriensis Peters 1906

Distribution: W Malaysia, Sumatra, and Mindanao (Philippines) to the Mollucca Isls, Vanuatu, and NE Australia. Specimens from Mansuar Isl (Prov. of Papua, Indonesia) may represent cyclotis (Meinig, 2002).

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

Discussion: bicolor species group. Distinct from galeritus; see Flannery (1995 a, b). Also see Jenkins and Hill (1981) and Hill (1983).