Sulawesi Horseshoe Bat

About this species

Size

Ears 14.6–20mm; tail 18.9–27mm

Range

Sulawesi, Java, Bali, Madura and Timor under the reviewed species concept

The Sulawesi horseshoe bat is a small to medium-sized rhinolophid first described by Knud Andersen in 1905 from Makassar. A detailed taxonomic review reports ears 14.6–20 mm high, a horseshoe noseleaf 7.1–8.4 mm wide and a tail 18.9–27 mm long. The connecting process of the noseleaf is rounded and sparsely haired, the lancet has nearly straight sides, and the lower lip bears three grooves (Csorba doctoral taxonomic review).

The same review recognises four geographically separated forms: celebensis on Sulawesi, javanicus on Java and Bali, madurensis on Madura and parvus on Timor. This is broader than the simple Indonesia-only statement in the short Wikipedia account and shows that the common name refers to the type population rather than the full reviewed distribution. The opened sources did not provide species-specific diet, roosting behaviour or reproduction, so those details are not inferred from other horseshoe bats (Csorba taxonomic review; Mammal Diversity Database).

Description: Wildlife of sulawesi guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)