Khasian leaf-nosed bat

Khasian leaf-nosed bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Hipposideridae
Genus:	Hipposideros
Species:	H. khasiana
Binomial name
*Hipposideros khasiana* Thabah, Rossiter, Kingston, Zhang, Parsons, Mya, Zubaid & Jones, 2006

The Khasian leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros khasiana) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Meghalaya, India. It is a cave-dwelling bat.

Taxonomy[]

The species was earlier considered a population of H. larvatus. However. it has now been elevated to species level on the basis of different echolocation call frequencies and genetic divergence.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The holotype for the species was collected in the .

Biology[]

Echolocation[]

The bat's echolocation is a part of the 85 kHz phonic type.^[2]

Habitat and distribution[]

The species has only been observed roosting in caves in the Khasi Hills in India.^[1]

According to Mark A. Jobling in a paper about investigative genetics, the Khasian Leaf-nosed bat is an extremely rare and localized species with the chances of encountering one being very low. ^[4]

Conservation[]

The bat is considered data deficient due to the lack of substantial information regarding its habits and distribution.

Its known habitat is not part of any protected area.^[1]

References[]

Wikispecies has information related to Khasian leaf-nosed bat.

^ ^a ^b ^c Bhargavi Srinivasulu (Osmania University, Hyderabad; Chelmala Srinivasulu (Osmania University, Hyderabad (2018-08-31). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Khasian Leaf-nosed Bat". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
^ ^a ^b THABAH, ADORA; Rossiter, Stephen; Kingston, Tigga; Zhang, Shanjun; Parsons, Stuart; MYA, KHIN; Zubaid, Akbar; Jones, Gareth (2006-05-01). "Genetic divergence and echolocation call frequency in cryptic species of Hipposideros larvatus sl (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from the Indo-Malayan region". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 88: 119–130. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00602.x.
^ "Taxonomy browser (Hipposideros khasiana)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
^ Jobling, M.A. The truth is out there. Investig Genet 4, 24 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/2041-2223-4-24

v t Extant species of family Hipposideridae
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera
Anthops	Flower-faced bat (A. ornatus)
Asellia	A. arabica A. italosomalica Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat (A. patrizii) Trident bat (A. tridens)
Aselliscus (Tate's trident- nosed bats)	Stoliczka's trident bat (A. stoliczkanus) Temminck's trident bat (A. tricuspidatus) Dong Bac’s trident bat (A. dongbacana)
Cloeotis	Percival's trident bat (C. percivali)
Coelops	East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. frithii) Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. robinsoni)
Hipposideros (roundleaf bats)	Aba roundleaf bat (H. abae) H. alongensis Great roundleaf bat (H. armiger) Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat (H. ater) H. atrox Benito roundleaf bat (H. beatus) Bicolored roundleaf bat (H. bicolor) Boeadi's roundleaf bat (H. boeadii) Short-headed roundleaf bat (H. breviceps) Sundevall's roundleaf bat (H. caffer) Spurred roundleaf bat (H. calcaratus) Greater roundleaf bat (H. camerunensis) Fawn leaf-nosed bat (H. cervinus) Ashy roundleaf bat (H. cineraceus) Commerson's roundleaf bat (H. commersoni) Large Mindanao roundleaf bat (H. coronatus) Telefomin roundleaf bat (H. corynophyllus) Cox's roundleaf bat (H. coxi) Timor roundleaf bat (H. crumeniferus) Short-tailed roundleaf bat (H. curtus) Cyclops roundleaf bat (H. cyclops) Makira roundleaf bat (H. demissus) Diadem leaf-nosed bat (H. diadema) Fierce roundleaf bat (H. dinops) Borneo roundleaf bat (H. doriae) Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat (H. durgadasi) Dayak roundleaf bat (H. dyacorum) Hill's roundleaf bat (H. edwardshilli) H. einnaythu Sooty roundleaf bat (H. fuliginosus) Fulvus roundleaf bat (H. fulvus) Cantor's roundleaf bat (H. galeritus) Giant roundleaf bat (H. gigas) Grand roundleaf bat (H. grandis) H. griffini Thailand roundleaf bat (H. halophyllus) Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat (H. hypophyllus) Crested roundleaf bat (H. inexpectatus) Arnhem leaf-nosed bat (H. inornatus) Jones's roundleaf bat (H. jonesi) Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat (H. khaokhouayensis) Khasian Leaf-nosed Bat (H. khasiana) Lamotte's roundleaf bat (H. lamottei) Indian roundleaf bat (H. lankadiva) Intermediate roundleaf bat (H. larvatus) Large Asian roundleaf bat (H. lekaguli) Shield-faced roundleaf bat (H. lylei) Big-eared roundleaf bat (H. macrobullatus) Maduran leaf-nosed bat (H. madurae) Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat (H. maggietaylorae) Aellen's roundleaf bat (H. marisae) Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat (H. megalotis) Fly River roundleaf bat (H. muscinus) Malayan roundleaf bat (H. nequam) Philippine Forest roundleaf bat (H. obscurus) Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat (H. orbiculus) Biak roundleaf bat (H. papua) Peleng leaf-nosed bat (H. pelingensis) H. pendleburyi Pomona roundleaf bat (H. pomona) Pratt's roundleaf bat (H. pratti) Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat (H. pygmaeus) Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (H. ridleyi) Laotian leaf-nosed bat (H. rotalis) Noack's roundleaf bat (H. ruber) H. scutinares Semon's leaf-nosed bat (H. semoni) Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat (H. sorenseni) Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (H. speoris) Northern leaf-nosed bat (H. stenotis) Sumban leaf-nosed bat (H. sumbae) H. tephrus Saõ Tomé leaf-nosed bat (H. thomensis) Lesser great Leaf-nosed Bat (H. turpis) Striped leaf-nosed bat (H. vittatus) Wollaston's roundleaf bat (H. wollastoni)
Rhinonicteris	Orange leaf-nosed bat (R. aurantia)
Paratriaenops	Grandidier's trident bat (P. auritus) Trouessart's trident bat (P. furculus) Paulian's triple leaf-nosed bat (P. pauliani)
Triaenops (triple leaf- nosed bats)	T. afer T. menamena T. parvus Persian trident bat (T. persicus)

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