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)
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


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.