The shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat or shield-nosed roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros scutinares'') is a bat from Laos and Vietnam.
Taxonomy
In their initial
description
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for ''H. scutinares'', Mark F. Robinson and colleagues placed this species in the ''H. pratti''
group
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, which also includes
Pratt's roundleaf bat (''H. pratti'') and the
shield-faced roundleaf bat (''H. lylei'').
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 The Nam Hinboun River is a river in Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République dém ...
in
Khammouane Province, Laos ().
It was subsequently recorded in Cha Noi Cave,
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park Phong may refer to:
Computer graphics
* Phong shading
* Phong reflection model
* Blinn–Phong shading model
* Bui Tuong Phong - creator of the Phong shading interpolation method and reflection model.
Other
* Phong-Kniang language
* Nam Phon ...
, Vietnam.
Name
The
specific epithet
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comes from the Latin ''scutum'' "shield" and ''nares'' "nostrils".
It is known by the common names "shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat"
and "shield-nosed roundleaf bat".
Its name in Vietnamese is '.
Notes
References
External links
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Hipposideros
Mammals described in 2003
Mammals of Laos
Mammals of Vietnam
Bats of Southeast Asia