Boeadi’s roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros boeadii'') is a species of roundleaf bat found in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Taxonomy and etymology

Boeadi's roundleaf bat was described as a new species in 2007. The

holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of seve ...

, an adult female, was collected in August 2000 on Sulawesi. The

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for the

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"''boeadii''" is Indonesian zoologist Boeadi, "in recognition of his long-standing contribution to bat research in Indonesia."

Description

It is a small- to medium-sized roundleaf bat, with a forearm length of and a weight of . Its fur is reddish-brown over its whole body. Its ears,

nose-leaf A nose-leaf, or leaf nose, is an often large, lance-shaped nose, found in bats of the Phyllostomidae, Hipposideridae The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a s ...

, and flight membranes are all dark brown or blackish.

Range and habitat

The

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of this species is

Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park is a national park on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in the province of South East Sulawesi. It was declared in 1989, and has an area of 1,050 km². The park ranges from sea level to the altitude of 98 ...

in Indonesia. All individuals of the type series were documented in

lowland Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of p ...

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfo ...

, from

savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...

habitat. Its estimated extent of occurrence is .

Conservation

As of 2016, Boeadi’s roundleaf bat is listed as a

data deficient A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made. This does not necessarily ...

species by the IUCN. Any threats that this species faces are unknown.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3785743 Bats of Indonesia Mammals described in 2007 Hipposideros