Species Hipposideros diadema (Geoffroy, 1813)
Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat
Generic Combinations
- Hipposideros diadema (Geoffroy, 1813).
- Hipposideros diadema diadema (Geoffroy, 1813). —
Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48 [11]
Introduction
Mahoney (1988) recognised names in synonymy, rather than subspecies, based on observations of Koopman (1982, 1984). Woinarski et al. (2014) assigned full species status to Hipposideros diadema inornatus McKean, 1970.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)
Ecological Descriptors
Cave dweller, coastal, gregarious, predator, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Eats a large variety of insects.
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Rhinolophus diadema Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. (1813). Sur un genre de chauve-souris, sous le nom de rhinolophes. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 20: 254-266 pls 5-6 [263] [publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. (1914). An attempt at fixation of the dates of issue of the Parts of the publications of the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris, 1802-1850. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8)13: 365-368 (367)].
Type data: syntypes MNHP 918 (included) skin with skull not extracted.
Type locality: Timor.
General References
Fenton, M.B. 1982. Echolocation calls and patterns of hunting and habitat use of bats (Microchiroptera) from Chillagoe, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 417-425
Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52
Hall, L.S. & Richards, G. 1995. Diadem Leafnosed-bat Hipposideros diadema. pp. 459-461 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 11: 1-129
Kitchener, D.J., How, R.A., Cooper, N.K. & Suyanto, A. 1992. Hipposideros diadema (Chiroptera Hipposideridae) in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia: Taxonomy and geographic morphological variation. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 1-60
Koopman, K.F. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 109 Bats from eastern Papua and the east Papuan Islands. American Museum Novitates 2747: 1-34
Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48 [10-11]
Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [126]
McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206
McKean, J.L. & Hertog, A.L. 1979. Extension of range in the horseshoe bat. Northern Territory Naturalist 1(2): 5
Pavey, C.R. 1998. Colony sizes, roost use and foraging ecology of Hipposideros diadema reginae, a rare bat from tropical Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 4: 232-239
Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 1997. The diet of the diadem leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros diadema: confirmation of a morphologically-based prediction of carnivory. Journal of Zoology, London 243: 295-304
Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 2000. Foraging ecology of three species of hipposiderid bats in tropical Australia. Wildlife Research 27: 283-287
Smith, J.D. & Hood, C.S. 1981. Preliminary notes on bats from the Bismarck Archipelago (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Science in New Guinea 8: 81-121
Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222
Vestjens, W.J.M. & Hall, L.S. 1977. Stomach contents of forty-two species of bats from the Australasian region. Australian Wildlife Research 4: 25-35
Woinarski, J.C.Z., Burbidge, A.A. & Harrison, P.L. 2014. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. Melbourne, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 1038 pp. (subspecies Hipposideros diadema inornatus McKean, 1970 removed to full species status)
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2022 | CHIROPTERA | 12-Dec-2022 | MOVED | |
| 04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |