Authority citation: Hill, J.E. 1986-03-20. Records of bats (Chiroptera) from New Guinea, with the description of a new Hipposideros (Hipposideridae). Mammalia 49(4):525-536.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1985.49.4.525
Original name as described: Hipposideros corynophyllus
Nominal names: corynophyllus J. Edwards Hill, 1986
Other common names: Telefomin Roundleaf Bat|Telefomin Leaf-nosed Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Hipposideridae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1984.1898
Type locality: "Inum Tem (Cave), 3 km ENE of Telefomin, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 1800 m, c. 5°10'S, 141°35'E."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Indonesia (IDN) | Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: has been included under Doryrhina based on suspected close relationship to Doryrhina cyclops, but this relationship has not been examined using molecular data at this point and it is retained under Hipposideros here for the time being
Citation: Foley, N. M., Goodman, S. M., Whelan, C. V., Puechmaille, S. J., & Teeling, E. (2017). Towards navigating the Minotaur's labyrinth: cryptic diversity and taxonomic revision within the speciose genus Hipposideros (Hipposideridae). Acta Chiropterologica, 19(1), 1-18.|Wilson D.E. & Mittermeier R.A. 2019. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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