Sooty roundleaf bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the sooty roundleaf bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hipposideros fuliginosus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Hipposideridae

Where does the sooty roundleaf bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sooty roundleaf bat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Benin

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the sooty roundleaf bat endangered?

The sooty roundleaf bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the sooty roundleaf bat?

The sooty roundleaf bat (Hipposideros fuliginosus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Hipposideridae, genus Hipposideros. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the sooty roundleaf bat

The sooty roundleaf bat (Hipposideros fuliginosus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sooty roundleaf bat (revision 1315331726), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q308499 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).