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Hipposideros einnaythu

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Hipposideros einnaythu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species:
H. einnaythu
Binomial name
Hipposideros einnaythu
Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Satasook, Soisook, Bu, Aul, Harrison, Pearch, Thomas and Bates, 2011

Hipposideros einnaythu, the house-dwelling leaf-nosed bat, is a species of bat found in Myanmar.[2]

Taxonomy

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The holotype specimen used to describe this species is a female collected in 2010 at the sea level, in the state Rakhine State, Myanmar. This new species was clearly distinguished from two other species of Hipposideros previously known in the region: Hipposideros nicobarulae and Hipposideros ater.

Range and habitat

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All the specimens recorded so far were found in human habitations.

References

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  1. ^ Douangboubpha, B. (2019). "Hipposideros einnaythu". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T80222798A95642185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T80222798A95642185.en. S2CID 240240338.
  2. ^ Douangboubpha et al., 2011

Literature cited

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  • Douangboubpha, B., S. Bumrungsri, C. Satasook, P. Soisook, Si Si Hla Bu, B. Aul, D.L. Harrison, M. Pearch, N.M. Thomas, and P.J.J. Bates. 2011. A new species of small Hipposideros(Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Myanmar and a revaluation of the taxon H. nicobarulae Miller, 1902 from the Nicobar Islands. Acta Chiropterologica, 13(1): 61-78.