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title: "Striped leaf-nosed bat"
description: "Macronycteris vittata — Mammiferi. The striped leaf-nosed bat (Macronycteris vittata) is a species of bat native to eastern and southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/striped-leaf-nosed-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped leaf-nosed bat

> Macronycteris vittata — Mammiferi. The striped leaf-nosed bat (Macronycteris vittata) is a species of bat native to eastern and southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Macronycteris vittata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 128
- iNaturalist taxon: [851017](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/851017)

## Names

- en: Striped leaf-nosed bat
- de: Gestreifte Rundblattnase
- es: Murciélago Nariz de Hoja Grande Rayado
- fr: Phyllorhine rayée

## Countries with the most observations

BW (35), NA (18), ZM (17), TZ (7), AO (6), BJ (5), KE (3), ML (3)

## Summary

The striped leaf-nosed bat (Macronycteris vittata) is a species of bat native to eastern and southern Africa. It was formerly considered part of M. commersoni, which is now viewed as being restricted to Madagascar. Both commersoni and it were formerly placed in the genus Hipposideros, but moved to the resurrected Macronycteris in 2017 on the basis of molecular evidence.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_leaf-nosed_bat

## Photo

![Striped leaf-nosed bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-leaf-nosed-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Roland Kays · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35942127

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/striped-leaf-nosed-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).