Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat

Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Hipposideridae
Genus:	Hipposideros
Species:	H. scutinares
Binomial name
Hipposideros scutinares Robinson, Jenkins, Francis & Fulford, 2003[2][3]

The shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat or shield-nosed roundleaf bat (Hipposideros scutinares) is a bat from Laos and Vietnam.^[3]

Taxonomy

In their initial description for H. scutinares, Mark F. Robinson and colleagues placed this species in the H. pratti group, which also includes Pratt's roundleaf bat (H. pratti) and the shield-faced roundleaf bat (H. lylei).^[4][2]

Distribution

The specimens examined in the initial species description came from six locations in central Laos and two locations from Vietnam. The type locality is Ban Khankeo on the upper Nam Hinboun River in Khammouane Province,^[a] Laos (17°58′N 104°49′E).^[2] It was subsequently recorded in Cha Noi Cave, Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam.^[5]

Name

The specific epithet comes from the Latin scutum "shield" and nares "nostrils".^[2] It is known by the common names "shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat"^[1] and "shield-nosed roundleaf bat".^[6] Its name in Vietnamese is dơi nếp mũi đông dương.^[7]

Notes

1. The original description listed the type location's province as Bolikhamsai Province, but the province is in fact Khammouan Province.^[8]

References

1. Furey, N.; Görföl, T.; Francis, C.; Bates, P.; Csorba, G.; Tu, V. (2019). "Hipposideros scutinares". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136586A22000133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136586A22000133.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Robinson, Mark F.; Jenkins, Paulina D.; Francis, Charles M.; Fulford, Anthony J. C. (2003). "A New Species of the Hipposideros pratti Group (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from Lao PDR and Vietnam". Acta Chiropterologica. 5 (1): 31–48. doi:10.3161/001.005.0103.
3. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
4. Hill, J. E. (1963). "A Revision of the Genus Hipposideros". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology. 11 (1): 87–91. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.4716.
5. Vu Dinh Thong; Pham Duc Tien; Nguyen Truong Son; Tran Thi Lua; Vu Thi Thuy; Nguyen Thi Thiep; Pham Kim Vuong; Dinh Hoang Tuan; Le Thuc Dinh (2012). Biodiversity Survey of Bats in and Around the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh, Vietnam (PDF) (Report).
6. Francis, Charles M. (2008), "Plate 12. Large Roundleaf Bats", A Field Guide to the Mammals of South-East Asia, London: New Holland Publishers, p. 52, ISBN 978-1-84537-735-9^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. Vũ Đình Thống. "Hiệu chỉnh thành phần loài Dơi nếp mũi (Hipposideridae) ở Việt Nam và bổ sung một số đặc điểm của Hipposideros alongensis" [An Updated List of Leaf-nosed Bats (Hipposideridae) from Vietnam and Key Features of Hipposideros alongensis] (PDF). Tạp chí Sinh học. 35 (2): 180.
8. Thomas, Nikky M.; Duckworth, J. W.; Douangboubpha, Bounsavane; Williams, Meredith; Francis, Charles M. (2013). "A Checklist of Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lao PDR". Acta Chiropterologica. 15 (1): 193–260. doi:10.3161/150811013X667993. S2CID 84545479.

External links

• Data related to Hipposideros scutinares at Wikispecies