Hipposideros einnaythu, the house-dwelling leaf-nosed bat, is a species of bat found in Myanmar.Douangboubpha et al., 2011
Taxonomy The holotype specimen used to describe this species is a female collected in 2010 at the sea level, in the state Rakhine State, Myanmar. This new species was clearly distinguished from two other species of Hipposideros previously known in the region: Hipposideros nicobarulae and Hipposideros ater.
Range and habitat All the specimens recorded so far were found in human habitations.
References
Literature cited Douangboubpha, B., S. Bumrungsri, C. Satasook, P. Soisook, Si Si Hla Bu, B. Aul, D.L. Harrison, M. Pearch, N.M. Thomas, and P.J.J. Bates. 2011. A new species of small Hipposideros(Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Myanmar and a revaluation of the taxon H. nicobarulae Miller, 1902 from the Nicobar Islands. Acta Chiropterologica, 13(1): 61-78.