Hipposideros tephrus Cabrera 1906
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Hipposideridae
Hipposideros
Hipposideros tephrus

description: 61. Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat <i>Hipposideros tephrus</i> <b>French:</b> Phyllorhine cendrée I <b>German:</b> Maghreb-Rundblattnase / <b>Spanish:</b> Hiposidérido de Magreb <b>Other common names:</b> Ash Gray Leaf-nosed Bat <b>Taxonomy.</b> Hipposideros [sic] tephrus a ­ brera, 1906, Mogador, Morocco. Hipposideros tephrus belongs to the ruber species group. It was previously considered a subspecies of H. coffer. Monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> Extent of this species’ distribution is not yet known; recorded with certainty in Morocco, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. It is thought to be continuously distributed from Mauritania and Senegal E to South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. However, boundary between this species and the morphologically identical H. coffer is not known. <b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head-body 45-50 mm, tail 27—35 mm, ear 12—15 mm, hindfoot 6-9 mm. The Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat has short, rounded wings. Muzzle is relatively short, with large but simple noseleaf that has two lateral leaflets. A frontal sac is present. Intemarial septum is not swollen and does not partially cover the nares. Ears are separate, and relatively small. Fur is fine and fluffy, gray or brown gray dorsally, paler ventrally; an orange morph also occurs that is typically reddish golden. <b>Habitat.</b> Inhabits riparian forest in arid savanna and woodland. Occurs in the Sahel zone and further south in Sudanian savanna. <b>Food and Feeding.</b> The Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat is likely to be insectivorous. <b>Breeding.</b> Based on observations in northern Nigeria (which probably refer to this species), a single young is bom in a restricted season: mating appears to take place in November at the end of the rainy season, with births in late April at the beginning of the rainy season. Females lactate for two months, until late June. <b>Activity patterns.</b> The Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat roosts in a variety of situations including caves, and holes in the ground. Echolocation call includes a F component at c.140-150 kHz. <b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bats may roost in large colonies of up to 1000 individuals. Roosting colonies include adult males and females. At one cave in Nigeria, males apparendy dispersed away from a large colony at the time of parturition, effectively resulting in the cave forming a maternity roost for the remaining females. <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Least Concern on 7%&amp;male; IUCN Red List. Due to its wide distribution and large populations, the Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat is unlikely to become threatened in the near future. <b>Bibliography.</b> Aellen (1952), Bernard &amp; Happold (2013b), Harrison &amp; Bates (1991), Hill (1963a), Koopman (1989), Koopman et al. (1995), Nader (1982), Vallo et al. (2008), Van Cakenberghe et al. (2017).
description: Published as part of <i>Don E. Wilson &amp; Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Hipposideridae, pp. 227-258 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions</i> on page 249, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3739808