Mammals of the WorldCommon Dusky Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros ater
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Hipposideridae
- Genus
- Hipposideros
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Sri Lanka|India|Myanmar|Thailand|Malaysia|Brunei?|Indonesia|Papua New Guinea|Australia
- Realm
- Indomalaya|Australasia
Other names: Bicolored Leaf-nosed Bat|Dusky Roundleaf Bat|Common Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat|Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat
About this species
Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat is a very small leaf-nosed bat with large round eyes, soft long fur and a simple, square nose-leaf. Its colour runs from grey-brown to grey, sometimes tinged orange. It was formerly classified within the bicoloured roundleaf bat, and ranges from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, New Guinea and northern Australia (Wikipedia, general species account). It roosts in caves, mines and sometimes tree holes, preferring dark, warm, moist places. (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is nocturnal, flies slowly but manoeuvres well, and eats small flying insects. The species is a bat from the genus Hipposideros whose habitat extends from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, New Guinea and Northern Australia. This species is counted in the H. bicolor species group and was formerly classified within that species. In the Philippines this species is found in rainforests at sea level up to elevations of 1200 m. (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of sulawesi guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)