Heart-nosed Bat

Taxobox
name = Heart-nosed Bat


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Megadermatidae
genus = "Cardioderma"
species = "C. cor"
binomial = "Cardioderma cor"
binomial_authority = (Peters, 1872)
synonyms = The Heart-nosed Bat ("Cardioderma cor") is a species of bat in the Megadermatidae family. It is monotypic within the genus "Cardioderma". It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts.

References

* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3859/all Cardioderma cor] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.