New Bat Species

• No, there is nothing wrong with this bats nose. According to National Geographic, this is Hipposideros griffini, or a Griffins leaf-nosed bat, a new species of bat that was recently discovered in Vietnam.
(Huffington Post)
• A new species of bat whose face bristles with leaf-like protrusions has been discovered in Vietnam, a new study says.
(National Geographic)
• The discovery in bats is new as the virus is typically found in winged birds, and not winged mammals. Researchers collected 316 bats of 16 different Latin American species.
(NHS Choices)
• TORONTO - Scientists have found a new — though very old — subtype of influenza in an unlikely host: a species of bats from Guatemala.
(but very old - influenza strain isolated from Guatemalan bats - Winnipeg Free Press)
• Newswise — Journal of Mammalogy – A distinctive echolocation frequency led to the discovery of a new species of bat within the genus Hipposideros.
(Newswise)
• New research suggests that we might have missed a key part of their flight process: their tails. In a paper published in PLoS ONE, researchers from the University of Northern Colorado analyzed the flight of five different bat species.
(SmartPlanet.com)
• The current article of the Journal of Mammalogy reports on findings from a survey of bats in Vietnam over a span of three years.
(PhysOrg)
• "The study is important because the research has identified a new animal species that may act as a source of flu viruses.
(msnbc.com)
• The lizard was the third new species in the last two years to be found in Veun Sai, following the discovery of a new type of bat and a gibbon.
(YAHOO!)
• When we did the bird roundup at days end, we were delighted to tally 141 species. Each night, unfailingly, I lay in bed, with bats passing in and out the open windows, thinking, Im sleeping in the jungle and wondering what was going on in the outside world.
(Eau Claire Leader-Telegram)