Fawn-coloured Leaf-nosed Bat

Hipposideros cervinus

Description:

This Fawn-coloured Leaf-nosed Bat - Hipposideros cervinus are small in size, around 4-5 cm. They have nice colour to their fur, which is very fine to touch. The colouration turns to a bright orange colour due to the ammonia from droppings in communal roosts.

Habitat:

From tropical rain forests, they are known to roost caves and in hollow trees and tends to roost in big numbers.

Notes:

I was part of an expedition team doing a survey of bio-diversity of Mt. Lucia which includes a group of Bat researchers from 2 local Universities who joined the expedition to help documents species of Bats that can be found from the Mountain and also to give their students some field experience in collecting bats using mist nets and subsequently collecting data about them. All bats collected were eventually released.

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7 Comments

AlbertKang 6 years ago

Thanks, @Leuba for your kind words and appreciation :)

Leuba Ridgway 6 years ago

Great-looking bat and interesting information ! Congratulations on the SOTD Albert.

AlbertKang 6 years ago

Thanks, @Daniele for this unexpected SOTD :)

Thanks too, @Antonio for your appreciation and kind words :)

AntónioGinjaGinja 6 years ago

Amazing Albert,this face is just beautiful,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing.
Great work on the survey expedition at Mount Lucia.

DanielePralong 6 years ago

Congratulations Alvert, your Fawn-coloured Leaf-nosed Bat is our Spotting of the Day. Thanks for all your contributions from the Mt. Lucia expedition!

"Take a close look at the amazing face of a Fawn-coloured Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros cervinus) in our Spotting of the Day! Old World leaf-nose bats (Hipposideridae) and Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) emit echolocation calls through their nostrils. Their elaborate nose appendages are adapted to focus and modify echolocation signals. On invitation from our ranger Chun Xing Wong, Project Noah member Albert Kang recently joined a survey expedition at Mount Lucia, Tawau Hills Park, in Sabah, Malaysia, where he photographed this bat. This expedition was facilitated by various organizations including NGO 1StopBorneo Wildlife. Make sure to check Albert's collection to discover all his contributions from this area".

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