Peters's tube-nosed bat
Species of bat
| Peters's tube-nosed bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Harpiola |
| Species: | H. grisea |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpiola grisea (Peters, 1872) | |
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Peters's tube-nosed bat (Harpiola grisea) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae, found in the Indian Subcontinent, mainly in the Western Himalayas. They have tube-shaped nostrils (hence the name) which assist them with their feeding. They are brown with white-yellow and underparts and have specks of orange around their neck. While they are roosting, their fur, which seems to appear as a dead plant, camouflages them from predators. They are 3.3-6.0 cm in length and have round heads, large eyes and soft fur. This bat is found in India. They are endangered due to clearing of the rain forests in which they live in and are not protected by the World Conservation Union. They feed on rain forest fruit and blossoms.
References
- ^ Csorba, G.; Molur, S.; Srinivasulu, C.; Chakravarty, R. (2016). "Harpiola grisea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13941A22093890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13941A22093890.en.
External links
- ITIS.gov: Harpiola grisea (Peters's tube-nosed bat)
- Edgeofexistence.org: Harpiola grisea (Peters's tube-nosed bat)
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Species of subfamily Murininae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Chiroptera
- Family: Vespertilionidae
(Hairy-winged bats)
- Lesser hairy-winged bat (H. harpia)
- Peter's tube-nosed bat (H. grisea)
- Formosan golden tube-nosed bat (H. isodon)
(Tube-nosed
Insectivorous bats)
- Bronze tube-nosed bat (M. aenea)
- Annam tube-nosed bat (M. annamitica)
- Little tube-nosed bat (M. aurata)
- Bala tube-nosed bat (M. balaensis)
- Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat (M. beelzebub)
- Bicolored tube-nosed bat (M. bicolor)
- Golden-haired tube-nosed bat (M. chrysochaetes)
- Round-eared tube-nosed bat (M. cyclotis)
- Elery's tube-nosed bat (M. eleryi)
- M. fanjingshanensis
- Fea's tube-nosed bat (M. feae)
- Fiona's tube-nosed bat (M. fionae)
- Flute-nosed bat (M. florium)
- Dusky tube-nosed bat (M. fusca)
- M. gracilis
- M. guilleni
- M. harpioloides
- Harrison's tube-nosed bat (M. harrisoni)
- Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (M. hilgendorfi)
- Hkakabo Razi tube-nosed bat (M. hkakaboraziensis)
- Hutton's tube-nosed bat (M. huttoni)
- Jaintia tube-nosed bat (M. jaintiana)
- M. jinchui
- M. kontumensis
- Greater tube-nosed bat (M. leucogaster)
- M. liboensis
- Lorelie's tube-nosed bat (M. lorelieae)
- M. peninsularis
- Rainforest tube-nosed bat (M. pluvialis)
- Taiwan tube-nosed bat (M. puta)
- M. recondita
- Gilded tube-nosed bat (M. rozendaali)
- Ryukyu tube-nosed bat (M. ryukyuana)
- Shuipu tube-nosed bat (M. shuipuensis)
- Brown tube-nosed bat (M. suilla)
- Gloomy tube-nosed bat (M. tenebrosa)
- Scully's tube-nosed bat (M. tubinaris)
- Ussuri tube-nosed bat (M. ussuriensis)
- Walston's tube-nosed bat (M. walstoni)
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