''Hipposideros einnaythu'', the house-dwelling leaf-nosed bat, is a species of bat found in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

.Douangboubpha et al., 2011

Taxonomy

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

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

References

Literature cited

* 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. {{taxonbar, from=Q17993696 Hipposideros Mammals described in 2011 Bats of Southeast Asia