''Hipposideros gentilis'', commonly known as Andersen's leaf-nosed bat or Andersen's roundleaf bat, is a species of roundleaf bat found in Asia.

Taxonomy

''Hipposideros gentilis'' was described as a new species in 1918 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. The

holotype A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of s ...

had been collected by

Edward Yerbury Watson Edward Yerbury Watson (27 July 1864 – 8 November 1897) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera most notably Hesperiidae. Yerbury Watson was born in British India to Joanna and George Edward Watson. He joined the North Lanca ...

near

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, Myanmar. Submitted by his colleague

Oldfield Thomas Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist. Career Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and subspecies for ...

, it was Andersen's final credited publication due to his mysterious disappearance that same year. Andersen additionally described three subspecies as well as the nominate (''H. gentilis gentilis''): *''H. gentilis sinensis'' *''H. gentilis atrox'' *''H. gentilis major'' In 1963, British mammalogist

John Edwards Hill John Edwards Hill (11 June 1928 – 6 May 1997) was a British mammalogist who described 24 species and 26 subspecies during his career. Early life and education Hill was born on 11 June 1928 in the small hamlet of Colemans Hatch in East Sussex, ...

published that he considered all the subspecies of ''H. gentilis'' as subspecies of the

bicolored roundleaf bat The bicolored roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros bicolor'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. This bat inhabits caves, rock crevices and tunnels among ...

(''H. bicolor''). He later considered ''H. g. gentilis'' and ''H. g. sinensis'' as subspecies of the Pomona roundleaf bat (''H. pomona''). A 2018 publication stated that ''H. gentilis'' should be considered a full species rather than a subspecies due to its distinct

baculum The baculum (: bacula), also known as the penis bone, penile bone, ''os penis'', ''os genitale'', or ''os priapi'', is a bone in the penis of many placental mammals. It is not present in humans, but is present in the penises of some primates, ...

nose-leaf A nose-leaf, or leaf nose, is an often large, lance-shaped nose, found in bats of the Phyllostomidae, Hipposideridae, and Rhinolophidae families. Because these bats Animal echolocation, echolocate nasally, this nose-leaf is thought to serve a role ...

, and echolocation characteristics. '' Hipposideros atrox'' is now considered a full species by some authorities.

Description

''Hipposideros gentilis'' has a forearm length of . Its ears are

Range and habitat

Its range extends throughout Asia, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. It can be found at a range of elevations from above sea level in forested or human-modified habitats. During the day, it roosts in caves.

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q40507094 Hipposideros Taxa named by Knud Andersen Mammals described in 1918 Bats of Asia