Striped leaf-nosed bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Striped leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros vittatus

Where the striped leaf-nosed bat lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 10 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Hipposideros vittatus
Group	Bats
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Hipposideridae

What kind of animal is the striped leaf-nosed bat?

The striped leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros vittatus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Hipposideridae, genus Hipposideros. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the striped leaf-nosed bat

The striped leaf-nosed bat (Macronycteris vittata) is a species of bat native to eastern and southern Africa. It was formerly considered part of M. commersoni, which is now viewed as being restricted to Madagascar. Both commersoni and it were formerly placed in the genus Hipposideros, but moved to the resurrected Macronycteris in 2017 on the basis of molecular evidence.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Striped leaf-nosed bat (revision 1315278546), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1833233 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).