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Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus sedulus
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Rhinolophidae
- Genus
- Rhinolophus
- IUCN status
- NT
- Distribution
- Malaysia|Singapore?|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Forearm 38–48mm
- Weight
- Up to 11g
- Range
- Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
The lesser woolly horseshoe bat is a relatively small horseshoe bat with long, woolly, blackish fur, a dark and complicated noseleaf with a pointed lancet between the eyes and a pair of lappets on either side of the sella, and large forward-pointing ears. It weighs up to 11 g and has a forearm of 38–48 mm (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found in Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)