Species Hipposideros diadema (Geoffroy, 1813)
Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat
Introduction
Mahoney (1988) recognised names in synonymy, rather than subspecies, based on observations of Koopman (1982, 1984).
Distribution
IBRA
NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)
Ecological Descriptors
Caves, coastal, gregarious, predator, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Eats a large variety of insects.
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Rhinolophus diadema diadema Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], 1813
Rhinolophus diadema Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. (1813). Sur un genre de chauve-souris, sous le nom de rhinolophes. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 20: 254-266 pls 5-6 [263] [publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. (1914). An attempt at fixation of the dates of issue of the Parts of the publications of the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris, 1802-1850. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8)13: 365-368 (367)].
Type data: syntypes MNHP 918 (included) skin with skull not extracted.
Type locality: Timor.
General References
Fenton, M.B. 1982. Echolocation calls and patterns of hunting and habitat use of bats (Microchiroptera) from Chillagoe, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 417-425
Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52
Hall, L.S. & Richards, G. 1995. Diadem Leafnosed-bat Hipposideros diadema. pp. 459-461 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 11: 1-129
Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.
Kitchener, D.J., How, R.A., Cooper, N.K. & Suyanto, A. 1992. Hipposideros diadema (Chiroptera Hipposideridae) in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia: Taxonomy and geographic morphological variation. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 1-60
Koopman, K.F. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 109 Bats from eastern Papua and the east Papuan Islands. American Museum Novitates 2747: 1-34
Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48 [10-11]
Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [126]
McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206
McKean, J.L. & Hertog, A.L. 1979. Extension of range in the horseshoe bat. Northern Territory Naturalist 1(2): 5
Pavey, C.R. 1998. Colony sizes, roost use and foraging ecology of Hipposideros diadema reginae, a rare bat from tropical Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 4: 232-239
Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 1997. The diet of the diadem leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros diadema: confirmation of a morphologically-based prediction of carnivory. Journal of Zoology, London 243: 295-304
Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 2000. Foraging ecology of three species of hipposiderid bats in tropical Australia. Wildlife Research 27: 283-287
Smith, J.D. & Hood, C.S. 1981. Preliminary notes on bats from the Bismarck Archipelago (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Science in New Guinea 8: 81-121
Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222
Vestjens, W.J.M. & Hall, L.S. 1977. Stomach contents of forty-two species of bats from the Australasian region. Australian Wildlife Research 4: 25-35
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat)