Hipposideros khaokhouayensis

Guillén-Servent & C. M. Francis, 2006

Phou Khao Khouay Round-leaf Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Hipposideridae
Genus : Hipposideros

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Guillén-Servent, A. and Francis, C.M. 2006-04. A new species of bat of the _Hipposideros bicolor_ group (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Central Laos, with evidence of convergent evolution with Sundaic taxa. Acta Chiropterologica 8(1):39-61.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[39:ANSOBO]2.0.CO;2

Original name as described

Hipposideros khaokhouayensis

Other common names

Phou Khao Khouay Roundleaf Bat · Phou Khao Khouay Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

ROM:MAM:116790

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-116790

Type locality

"Tak Leuk waterfall, along Nam (river) Leuk, in Phou Khao Khouay National Biodiversity Conservation Area, Saisombun Special Zone, Central Lao PDR, 18°23'N, 103°04'E, 180 m elevation."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Guillén-Servent, A., & Francis, C. M. (2006). A new species of bat of the Hipposideros bicolor group (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Central Laos, with evidence of convergent evolution with Sundaic taxa. Acta Chiropterologica, 8(1), 39-61.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004609

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Hipposideros khaokhouayensis

Guillén-Servent & C. M. Francis, 2006

Family

Hipposideridae

Root name

khaokhouayensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ROM:MAM:116790

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-116790

Authority page

44

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136819/166602959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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