Philippine forest roundleaf bat explained

The Philippine forest roundleaf bat (Hipposideros obscurus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Taxonomy and etymology

It was described as a new species in 1861 by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. Peters initially placed it in the now-defunct genus Phyllorhina, with the scientific name Phyllorhina obscura.^[1] Its species name "obscurus" is Latin for "dark".^[2]

Notes and References

1. Peters. Wilhelm. 1861. Berichtet über die von Hrn. F. Jagor bisher auf Malacca, Borneo, Java und den Philippinen gesammelten Säugethiere aus den Ordnungen der Halbaffen, Pelzflatterer und Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1861. 2. 709.
2. Web site: obscure (adj.). Online Etymology Dictionary. 9 October 2019.