Hipposideros

Struebig, Matthew J., Rossiter, Stephen J., Bates, Paul J. J., Kingston, Tigga, Oo, Sai Sein Lin, Nwe, Aye Aye, Aung, Moe Moe, Win, Sein Sein & Mya, Khin Mya, 2005, Results of a recent bat survey in Upper Myanmar including new records from the Kachin forests, Acta Chiropterologica 7 (1), pp. 147-163 : 157

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[147:ROARBS]2.0.CO;2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335025
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03888783-1441-FFE7-3D8F-FA1F94D31DF4
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Hipposideros
status

Treatment

Hipposideros armiger Hodgson, 1835

Great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat

New records

Shan State: Saya San cave.

Previous records from Myanmar

Kachin State ( Anthony, 1941), (LACM), U Daung Taung Gu (HZM/YU); Sagaing Division and Shan and Chin States ( Bates and Harrison, 1997); Kayin and Mon States (P. J. J. Bates et al., unpubl. data).

Comments

This is a large species of Hipposideros . Forearm length and body mass for 14 ♀♀ ranged between 90.0– 96.3 mm and body mass between 42.5–59.5 g. It is widely dis- tributed throughout Myanmar and is partic- ularly associated with caves.