Vietnam leaf-nosed bat
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Paracoelops
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P. megalotis
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| Paracoelops megalotis Dorst, 1947
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The Vietnam leaf-nosed bat (Paracoelops megalotis) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is monotypic within the genus Paracoelops.[1] It is endemic to Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss. The IUCN Red List of threatened species lists this bat as data deficient. This species is only known from one degraded specimen. Many researchers fear that this species of bat is already extinct as it has not been seen in over 60 years.
References
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- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Paracoelops megalotis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
- ZSL Living conservation [1]
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