Authority citation: Bourret R (1942a) Sur quelques petits mammifères du Tonkin et du Laos. Comptes Rendus du Conseil de Recherches Scientifiques de l'Indochine 2ème Semestre 2: 27–30.
Original name as described: Hipposideros larvatus alongensis
Nominal names: alongensis Bourret, 1942 | sungi Vu Dinh Thong, Puechmaille, Denzinger, P. J. J. Bates, Dietz, Csorba, Soisook, E. C. Teeling, Matsumura, Furey, & Schnitzler, 2012
Other common names: Halong Bay Leaf-nosed Bat|Ha Long Roundleaf Bat|Ha Long Leaf-nosed Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Hipposideridae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MNHN-ZM-MO-1948-360c
Type locality: Ha Long Bay, north-east Vietnam.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Vietnam (VNM)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable
Species-specific notes: split from H. turpis
Citation: Thong, V. D., Puechmaille, S. J., Denzinger, A., Bates, P. J., Dietz, C., Csorba, G., ... & Schintzler, H. U. (2012). Systematics of the Hipposideros turpis complex and a description of a new subspecies from Vietnam. Mammal Review, 42(2), 166-192.
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