Ash gray round nose

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Ash gray round nose
Systematics
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria
Order : Bats (chiroptera)
Superfamily : Horseshoe bat (Rhinolophoidea)
Family : Round-leaf noses (Hipposideridae)
Genre : Old World Round-Leaf Noses ( Hipposideros )
Type : Ash gray round nose
Scientific name
Hipposideros cineraceus
( Blyth , 1853)
Distribution area

The ash-gray round- nosed bat ( Hipposideros cineraceus ) is a species of bat belonging to the genus of the Old World round-nosed bat , which occurs from Pakistan and India to Sumatra and Borneo and possibly Luzon in the Philippines . The Filipino subspecies H. c. wrighti ( Taylor , 1934) was sometimes assigned to the species H. ater , but it actually seems to be more closely related to the ash-gray round-leaf nose and is therefore listed as a subspecies. The ash-gray round-leaf nose is a small species (weight 3.7 to 4.9 grams) that looks very similar to the Pomona round-leaf nose ( H. pomona ), but is smaller and has shorter ears.

The table below shows the dimensions of H. cineraceus from different areas:

Dimensions Pakistan, India,
Myanmar 		Vietnam Thailand,
Malacca 		Borneo Luzon
Head-torso length (mm) - 41-47 - - -
Tail length (mm) - 23.0-28.2 - - -
Forearm length (mm) 32.3-36.1 33.1-35.5 34.4-38.9 34.0-39.6 39
Ear length (mm) - 15.4-17.4 - - -
Skull length (mm) 12.6-13.7 - 12.8-13.4 13.2-13.9 13.3
Weight (g) - 3.7-4.9 - - -

The ash-gray round-leaf nose is a very sociable species that can be found in large numbers at the preferred sleeping places. The reproduction is seasonal. The mating season is in October, with the young being born in April and being able to fly in June. The species presumably feeds on insects.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NB Simmons: Order Chiroptera. In: DE Wilson, DM Reeder (eds.): Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed., The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 volumes, Baltimore 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 , pp. 312-529
  2. ^ JE Hill & CM Francis: New bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) and new records of bats from Borneo and Malaya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series 47 (5), 1984, pp. 305-329.
  3. ↑ Borissenko, AV & Kruskop, SV 2003. Bats of Vietnam and adjacent territories. An identification manual. Moscow: Zoological Museum of Moscow MV Lomonosov State University, 212 pp.

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