Shield-nosed Roundleaf Bat

Hipposideros scutinares

Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
IUCN status: VU
Distribution: Laos|Vietnam
Realm: Indomalaya

Other names: Shield-nosed Leaf-nosed Bat

About this species

Range: Laos and Vietnam

The shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat, or shield-nosed roundleaf bat, is a bat from Laos and Vietnam. The specimens examined in the original description came from six locations in central Laos and two in Vietnam. The type locality is Ban Khankeo on the upper Nam Hinboun River in Khammouane Province, Laos (Wikipedia, general species account).

It was subsequently recorded in Cha Noi Cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam.

Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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