The only ecoregional endemic mammal is a threatened Rhinolophidae bat, Hipposideros durgadasi (Table 1). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests] Reference
Other species present are bare-backed fruit-bat Dobsonia inermis, Pacific flying-fox Pteropus tonganus, spurred horseshoe-bat Hipposideros calcaratus and large Melanesian bent-wing bat Miniopterus propitristis. From Wordnik.com. [East Rennell, Solomon Islands] Reference
Many animal species occur in peat swamp forests, but only the Borneo roundleaf bat, Hipposideros doriae, and two birds, the Javan white-eye (Zosterops flavus) and the hooked-billed bulbul (Setornis criniger), are considered near endemic (Table 1, Table 2). From Wordnik.com. [Borneo peat swamp forests] Reference
Family Species Rhinolophidae Hipposideros durgadasi. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests] Reference
We studied three species of bats (Miniopterus schreibersii fuliginosus, Hipposideros armiger and H. pratti), representing the two suborders Yangochiroptera and Yinpterochiroptera. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros ridleyi) roosts in the cavities of trees (in hollows and cavities of standing trees, under fallen trees and logs) and is listed as "vulnerable" on the. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae) and the large pogonomelomys (Pogonomelomys bruijni) are critically endangered, whereas the lesser tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene draconilla), New Guinea sheathtail-bat (Emballonura furax), Fly River horseshoe-bat (Hipposideros muscinus), and Papuan mastiff bat (Otomops papuensis) are considered vulnerable. From Wordnik.com. [Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests] Reference
Hipposideros muscinus. From Wordnik.com. [Southeastern Papuan rain forests] Reference
Hipposideros halophyllus. From Wordnik.com. [Sri Lanka lowland rain forests] Reference
Hipposideros armiger, 54. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
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