Flower-faced bat | |
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The bat's face, depicted by Ernst Haeckel | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Hipposideridae |
Genus: | Anthops Thomas, 1888 |
Species: | A. ornatus
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Binomial name | |
Anthops ornatus Thomas, 1888
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Flower-faced bat range |
The flower-faced bat (Anthops ornatus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is in the monotypic genus Anthops.[2] It is found in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea and in the Solomon Islands. This rare and little-known bat has been recorded from tropical moist forest and flying around village houses.[1]