Small Long-fingered Bat; Lesser Bent-winged Bat | |
Morphological description Life history Distribution Habitat Roost sites and roosting patterns Emergence and flight pattern Foraging behaviour Echolocation calls Status and protectionPhoto: Chung-tong Shek Morphological Description· Dark brown, paler below. ·Forearm length 39 - 43 mm (Shek 2006). · Each wing has a highly developed second phalanx of the third finger. · Body mass 7-10g. · Smaller than M. fuliginosus. Life history· Little known. DistributionIndia, Nepal, Burma to Sumatra and Timor, Philippines, Moluccas (Simmons 2005). In China recorded from Hong Kong, Guangdong, Hainan and Yunnan (Smith & Xie 2008). Over 500 bats found at Lin Ma Hang abandoned mines in Hong Kong (Shek 2006). Habitat· Little known. Roost sites and roosting behaviour· Found in caves. Emergence and flight pattern· Narrow wings and a high wing loading and aspect ratio mean that this species flies rapidly and is not very manoeuvrable. Foraging behaviour· Little known. Echolocation calls. Not known. Status and protection· There is no estimation of population size for China. · China RL - A2bc; B2ab (i,ii,iii). Globally Least Concern, population trend not known. · Caves should be protected as their habitats. |