Hipposideros felix Mein and Ginsburg 1997 (roundleaf bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae

Full reference: P. Mein and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Les mammiferes du gisement miocene inferieure de Li Mae Long, Thailande; Systematique biostratigraphie et paleoenvironment. Geodiversitas 19(4):783-844

Belongs to Hipposideros according to P. Mein and L. Ginsburg 1997

Sister taxa: Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus), Hipposideros bernardsigei, Hipposideros caffer, Hipposideros collongensis, Hipposideros conquensis, Hipposideros minor, Hipposideros morloti, Hipposideros omani, Hipposideros schlosseri

Type specimen: T Li 157, a tooth (M3/). Its type locality is Li Mae Long, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial horizon in Thailand.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Li Mae Long

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