Macronycteris gigas - #6030
Giant Leaf-nosed Bat
Formerly Hipposideros gigas. Also as Giant Roundleaf Bat. Probably USNM 412095
Geographic Distribution
Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Central African Republic, Uganda, Dem. Rep. Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Cameroon, Nigeria and west to Senegal.
Order/Family
Hipposideridae
Genus
Macronycteris
Specific Epithet
gigas
Image Location
Ghana, Greater Accra region, Accra Metropolis district, Legon
Image Date
20 July 1967
Photographer
BJ Hayward