Harlequin bat

Morphological description Life history Distribution Habitat Roost sites and roosting patterns Emergence and flight pattern Foraging behaviour Echolocation calls Status and protection

Morphological Description

· Unmistakable: orange-brown dorsal pelage has white, meandering streak. White spots elsewhere, e.g. head, shoulders. ventral surface frosty white. Face pink.

· Female caught in Sichuan had forearm length 59.1 mm. Forearm 50-62 mm according to Smith & Xie (2008).

· Dental formula 1.1.1.3/3.1.2.3 = 30 (Smith & Xie 2008)

Life history

· Little known

Distribution

Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, Fuijan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan. Extends east to India (Smith & Xie 2008). The Chinese distribution is shown by dots on the map (as given by Zhang et al. (1997).

Habitat

· Little known. Distinctive patterns may break up nbackground when roosting in foliage.

Roost sites and roosting behaviour

· Roosts in foliage, especially in lowland forest (Smith & Xie 2008).

· Emergence and flight pattern

· Little known.

Foraging behaviour

· Not known.

Echolocation calls

· Not known.

Status and protection

· There is no estimation of population size for China.

·Listed as RL-LC in China. IUCN RL-TR/nt (1994).

· Lowland forest should be protected as their habitats.

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