East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat

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East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Coelops
Species:
C. frithii
Binomial name
Coelops frithii
Blyth, 1848
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East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat range

The East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat or tail-less leaf-nosed bat (Coelops frithii) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

The species name commemorates the collector R.W.G. Frith.

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References

  1. Huang, J.C.-C.; Thong, V.D.; Ho, Y.-Y. (2019). "Coelops frithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T5074A22030377. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T5074A22030377.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.