Philippine tailless leaf-nosed bat
| Philippine tailless leaf-nosed bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Hipposideridae |
| Genus: | Coelops |
| Species: | C. hirsutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coelops hirsutus (Miller, 1911) | |
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| Philippine Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat range | |
The Philippine tailless leaf-nosed bat (Coelops hirsutus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Other Hipposiderids can also be found in subtropical areas of Africa, Australia and the Solomon Islands, with habitats in dark spaces such as caves. However, they can also be found in deserts, grasslands and forests.
There is currently very little information on the ecology of the tailless leaf-nosed bat but it is presumed that this particular species of bat roosts in caves and lives in forest areas.
Sources
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Coelops hirsutus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
- Heaney, L. 2008. Coelops hirsutus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2.
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