Fea's Tube-nosed Bat

About this species

Range

South-eastern Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) and southern China

Fea's tube-nosed bat, also called the ashy tube-nosed bat, is a vesper bat found in south-eastern Asia, including Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, and in southern China. It has tube-shaped nostrils, which help it feed, and in some areas the hair tips are dark (Wikipedia, general species account).

An ashy-grey bat described as new in the Greater Mekong region in 2011 was later found to belong to this species, and Fea's tube-nosed bat was revived as a distinct species. The cached account does not list India, although the Indian species list includes this species, so its occurrence here should be checked. It gives no diet or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).

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