Maggie Taylor’s Leaf-nosed Bat is known from Papua New Guinea. A survey in the YUS Conservation Area captured only one individual at low elevation.
The captured individual had long, soft, mottled gray-brown fur with a yellowish tinge, a darker brown-orange head, and a simple noseleaf without projections.
At Whiteman Range on New Britain, Papua New Guinea, the study recorded Maggie Taylor’s Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros maggietaylorae) at 1,112 metres. Earlier records placed the species from sea level to 300 metres, so the new record is 812 metres above the previous maximum. Separately, Table 1 lists two females, with a mean forearm length of 556 mm and mean body mass of 16 g.
The authors describe the species as an obligate cave dweller and infer that a record above 1,000 metres points to bat caves nearby. The New Britain specimen had orange-brown fur after ammonia bleaching. They explain this condition can occur after prolonged torpor in caves or when bats lactate in maternity roost caves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.