Dusky leaf-nosed bat
The dusky leaf-nosed bat[1] or dusky roundleaf bat (Hipposideros ater) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Description
Head and body length is 6-7cm. Forearms 4cm. Wingspan 23-25cm.
Females are slightly larger than males. Reddish brown above and lighter brown to yellowish brown below. Two thirds of each hair is white, only the tip is colored, usually bicolored in nature. Wing membrane translucent and brown. Large ears grayish brown and ridged, feet and thumbs flesh colored. Young are dark brown in color. Three small nose-leaf flaps present. Frontal sac behind posterior leaf is prominent in males. Long tail is enclosed by a membrane, only the tip protrudes.
In culture
Known as දෙපැහැ පත්-නාස් වවුලා in Sinhala meaning bicolored leaf-nosed bat.
References
- ↑ Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane ISBN 978-1-877069-25-3
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
- Order: Chiroptera
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| | Asellia |
- Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat (A. patrizii)
- Trident bat (A. tridens)
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| Aselliscus
(Tate's trident-
nosed bats) |
- Stoliczka's trident bat (A. stoliczkanus)
- Temminck's trident bat (A. tricuspidatus)
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| | Cloeotis |
- Percival's trident bat (C. percivali)
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| | Coelops |
- East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. frithii)
- Philippine tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. hirsutus)
- Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat (C. robinsoni)
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| Hipposideros
(roundleaf bats) |
- Aba roundleaf bat (H. abae)
- Great roundleaf bat (H. armiger)
- Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat (H. ater)
- Benito roundleaf bat (H. beatus)
- Bicolored roundleaf bat (H. bicolor)
- Boeadi's roundleaf bat (H. boeadii)
- Short-headed roundleaf bat (H. breviceps)
- Sundevall's roundleaf bat (H. caffer)
- Spurred roundleaf bat (H. calcaratus)
- Greater roundleaf bat (H. camerunensis)
- Fawn leaf-nosed bat (H. cervinus)
- Ashy roundleaf bat (H. cineraceus)
- Commerson's roundleaf bat (H. commersoni)
- Large Mindanao roundleaf bat (H. coronatus)
- Telefomin roundleaf bat (H. corynophyllus)
- Cox's roundleaf bat (H. coxi)
- Timor roundleaf bat (H. crumeniferus)
- Short-tailed roundleaf bat (H. curtus)
- Cyclops roundleaf bat (H. cyclops)
- Makira roundleaf bat (H. demissus)
- Diadem leaf-nosed bat (H. diadema)
- Fierce roundleaf bat (H. dinops)
- Borneo roundleaf bat (H. doriae)
- Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat (H. durgadasi)
- Dayak roundleaf bat (H. dyacorum)
- Hill's roundleaf bat (H. edwardshilli)
- H. fasensis
- Sooty roundleaf bat (H. fuliginosus)
- Fulvus roundleaf bat (H. fulvus)
- Cantor's roundleaf bat (H. galeritus)
- Giant roundleaf bat (H. gigas)
- Grand roundleaf bat (H. grandis)
- Thailand roundleaf bat (H. halophyllus)
- Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat (H. hypophyllus)
- Crested roundleaf bat (H. inexpectatus)
- Arnhem leaf-nosed bat (H. inornatus)
- Jones's roundleaf bat (H. jonesi)
- Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat (H. khaokhouayensis)
- Khasian Leaf-nosed Bat (H. khasiana)
- Lamotte's roundleaf bat (H. lamottei)
- Indian roundleaf bat (H. lankadiva)
- Intermediate roundleaf bat (H. larvatus)
- Large Asian roundleaf bat (H. lekaguli)
- Shield-faced roundleaf bat (H. lylei)
- Big-eared roundleaf bat (H. macrobullatus)
- Maduran leaf-nosed bat (H. madurae)
- Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat (H. maggietaylorae)
- Aellen's roundleaf bat (H. marisae)
- Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat (H. megalotis)
- Fly River roundleaf bat (H. muscinus)
- Malayan roundleaf bat (H. nequam)
- Philippine Forest roundleaf bat (H. obscurus)
- Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat (H. orbiculus)
- Biak roundleaf bat (H. papua)
- H. parnabyi
- Peleng leaf-nosed bat (H. pelingensis)
- Pomona roundleaf bat (H. pomona)
- Pratt's roundleaf bat (H. pratti)
- Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat (H. pygmaeus)
- Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (H. ridleyi)
- Laotian leaf-nosed bat (H. rotalis)
- Noack's roundleaf bat (H. ruber)
- H. scutinares
- Semon's leaf-nosed bat (H. semoni)
- Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat (H. sorenseni)
- Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (H. speoris)
- Northern leaf-nosed bat (H. stenotis)
- Sumban leaf-nosed bat (H. sumbae)
- H. tephrus
- Saõ Tomé leaf-nosed bat (H. thomensis)
- Lesser great Leaf-nosed Bat (H. turpis)
- Striped leaf-nosed bat (H. vittatus)
- Wollaston's roundleaf bat (H. wollastoni)
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| | Paracoelops |
- Vietnam leaf-nosed bat (P. megalotis)
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| | Rhinonicteris |
- Orange leaf-nosed bat (R. aurantia)
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| | Paratriaenops | |
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| Triaenops
(triple leaf-
nosed bats) |
- T. afer
- T. menamena
- T. parvus
- Persian trident bat (T. persicus)
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