Mammals of the WorldLeast Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros cineraceus
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Hipposideridae
- Genus
- Hipposideros
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Pakistan|India|Bangladesh?|Myanmar|Thailand|Vietnam|Cambodia?|Laos|Malaysia|Singapore|Indonesia|Philippines
- Realm
- Indomalaya|Palearctic
Other names: Ashy Leaf-nosed Bat|Ashy Roundleaf Bat|Least Leaf-nosed Bat
About this species
- Size
- Forearm 36–40.5mm
- Weight
- 4–5.5g
- Habitat
- Sheltered places such as caves by day; recorded at 62–1,480m
- Range
- Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam
The ashy roundleaf bat, called the least leaf-nosed bat here, is a small bat weighing only 4 to 5.5g, with a forearm of 36 to 40.5mm. It has a simple noseleaf with a raised bump on the nasal septum. By day it roosts in sheltered places such as caves, and it has been documented at elevations from 62 to 1,480m (Wikipedia, general species account).
Its range covers several countries in South and Southeast Asia, including Nepal, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, Myanmar and Thailand. The sources opened give nothing on diet or breeding, so none is stated, and the entry is kept thin. Nationally Data Deficient (Nepal National Red List 2011).
Description: Wildlife of Nepal guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)