Lesser woolly horseshoe bat
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Species: | R. beddomei
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Rhinolophus beddomei Andersen, 1905
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The lesser woolly horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus beddomei), also called Beddome's horseshoe bat, is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, caves, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy and etymology
It was described as a new species in 1905 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen.[2] The eponym for the species name "beddomei" is Colonel Richard Henry Beddome, a British officer and naturalist who spent a good deal of his career in India.[3] Beddome was the collector of the holotype for this species. The holotype was collected in the Wayanad district of India.[2] As Rhinolophus is quite speciose, it is divided into closely-related "species groups." Andersen placed the lesser woolly horseshoe bat in the philippensis species group[2], but Simmons includes it in the trifoliatus species group.[4]
Description
Head and body length is 7 cm. Forearm 6 cm. Wingspan 33 cm.
Females are larger than males. Pelage is rough-textured and woolly. Body completely dark grayish brown, upper side grizzled. Wing membrane blackish brown. The ears are prominent, well-fluted, and pointy. Complex nose-leaf with distinctive shape.
Culture
Known as හීන් අස් ලාඩම් වවුලා (heen as-laadam wawulaa) in Sinhala.
References
- ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Molur, S. (2008). "Rhinolophus beddomei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T40023A10306136. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T40023A10306136.en.
- ^ a b c Andersen, K. (1905). "XXVIII.—On the Bats of the Rhinolophus philippinensis Group, with Descriptions of Five new Species". Journal of Natural History. 16 (92): 253. doi:10.1080/03745480509443674.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780801895333.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.