Tailless leaf noses
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The tailless leaf noses ( Coelops ) are a species of bat in the family of the round leaf noses , with two species that occur in east and southeast Asia .
The genus includes the following species:
- The East Asian Tailless Leaf Nose ( Coelops frithi ) is widespread from eastern India and southern China (including Taiwan ) to Bali .
- The Malay Tailless Leaf Nose ( Coelops robinsoni ) lives in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo .
- The Philippine Tailless Leaf-nose ( Coelops robinsoni hirsutus ) is native to only two Philippine islands. It was previously regarded as an independent species of Coelops hirsutus .
These bats reach a head-trunk length of 28 to 50 mm and a forearm length of 33 to 47 mm. Coelops frithi is 7 to 9 g heavier than Coelops robinsoni , which weighs 6 to 7 g. As the German trivial name suggests, the tail is missing or just an inconspicuous stub. The fur of the species has a chocolate brown, gray brown or black brown color on the back, while the underside is light brown to ash gray. The nose sheet has a horseshoe-shaped basic shape as the other hipposideridae. Other smaller parts of the nasal blade are usually hidden under tight, stiff hair. The ears are similar in shape to Mickey Mouse ears.
Very little is known about the way these bats live. They rest in caves, in bunkers from the Second World War ( pillbox ) or in hollowed-out trees. There they form small colonies with up to 16 specimens.
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- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. Volume 1. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, pp. 342-343, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
- Wilson & Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World . 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 ( Coelops - English: untitled .).
- Coelops on the2015 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
Web links
- Coelops frithi , illustrations and information, Bats in China, University of Bristol
- Coelops robinsoni , images and information on ARKive.org