Mammals of the WorldTickell's False Serotine
Hesperoptenus tickelli
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Hesperoptenus
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- India|Sri Lanka|Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Nepal|Bhutan|Bangladesh|Myanmar|Thailand|Laos|Vietnam|Cambodia|China?
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Tickell's Bat
About this species
- Size
- Head and body about 7cm; forearm 5–6cm; wingspan 38–41cm
- Range
- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Tickell's bat is a vesper bat with a head and body of about 7cm and a forearm of 5 to 6cm, with a wingspan of 38 to 41cm. Females are larger than males. The colour varies from greyish yellow to bright golden brown, paler and greyer below, with soft, dense fur, pinkish digits and a blackish membrane between them (Wikipedia, general species account).
The interfemoral membrane is pinkish and darkens towards the outer margin, and the muzzle is broad and swollen. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The source opened says nothing on diet, roosts or breeding, so none is stated. 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)