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Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat

Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Macronycteris
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

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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

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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 / 17.967°N 104.817°E / 17.967; 104.817).[2] It was subsequently recorded in Cha Noi Cave, Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam.[5]

Name

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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]

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