Post by creature386 on Apr 29, 2013 19:03:54 GMT 5
Griffin's leaf-nosed bat
Temporal range: Present
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species: H. griffini (Griffin's leaf-nosed bat)
Habitat: Hipposideros griffini is known from the Cat Ba National Park (northern Vietnam) and the Chu Mom Ray National Park (1000 km southern of the former). This bat is known from mountainous and karst areas. All the specimen are known from karst areas with primary structure forrests. Griffin's leaf-nosed bat is also known from degraded forests and plantations.[1]
Description: We know eleven specimen, these include a Holotype (IEBR-T.200809.12; adult male), three paratypes (IEBR-T.200809.1, HNHM 2010.42.7; adult males, IEBR-T.200809.9; adult female) and 7 reffered specimen known from 2008.[2] Griffin's leaf-nosed bat has a forearm length of 83.3–90.0 mm and the robust skull can be up to 3 cm long, with an upper toothrow length of 11.3–11.5 mm. Manidables are quite robust, aswell as the upper canine, which has a deep groove on it's inner side and a sharp edge.[3] It however is a bit smaller and thinner than the upper canine in other Hipposideros species.[4] The cheek teeth and the incisors are well developed.[3]
Echolocation calls can have a frequency value of 75,5-79,2 kHz. Hipposideros griffini uses the same call as the other members of it's genus, multi harmonic calls. Each signal is made of 3 components.[1]
The fur color can be brown or gray, the fur on the back is darker than that on the belly. The front part of the nose leaf is quite broad and there is no fur in the whole nose leaf region.[3]
Literature:
Thong, V.D., Puechmaille, S.J., Denzinger, A., Dietz, C., Csorba, G., Bates, P.J.J., Teeling, E.C. and Schnitzler, H.-U. (2012) A new species of Hipposideros (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Vietnam. In: Journal of Mammalogy, 93(1): p. 1-11. pdf
Footnotes:
[1] Vu Dinh Thong et al. 2012 p. 7
[2] Vu Dinh Thong et al. 2012 p. 3-5
[3] Vu Dinh Thong et al. 2012 p. 5
[4] Vu Dinh Thong et al. 2012 p. 6
Temporal range: Present
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species: H. griffini (Griffin's leaf-nosed bat)
Habitat: Hipposideros griffini is known from the Cat Ba National Park (northern Vietnam) and the Chu Mom Ray National Park (1000 km southern of the former). This bat is known from mountainous and karst areas. All the specimen are known from karst areas with primary structure forrests. Griffin's leaf-nosed bat is also known from degraded forests and plantations.[1]
Description: We know eleven specimen, these include a Holotype (IEBR-T.200809.12; adult male), three paratypes (IEBR-T.200809.1, HNHM 2010.42.7; adult males, IEBR-T.200809.9; adult female) and 7 reffered specimen known from 2008.[2] Griffin's leaf-nosed bat has a forearm length of 83.3–90.0 mm and the robust skull can be up to 3 cm long, with an upper toothrow length of 11.3–11.5 mm. Manidables are quite robust, aswell as the upper canine, which has a deep groove on it's inner side and a sharp edge.[3] It however is a bit smaller and thinner than the upper canine in other Hipposideros species.[4] The cheek teeth and the incisors are well developed.[3]
Echolocation calls can have a frequency value of 75,5-79,2 kHz. Hipposideros griffini uses the same call as the other members of it's genus, multi harmonic calls. Each signal is made of 3 components.[1]
The fur color can be brown or gray, the fur on the back is darker than that on the belly. The front part of the nose leaf is quite broad and there is no fur in the whole nose leaf region.[3]
Literature:
Thong, V.D., Puechmaille, S.J., Denzinger, A., Dietz, C., Csorba, G., Bates, P.J.J., Teeling, E.C. and Schnitzler, H.-U. (2012) A new species of Hipposideros (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Vietnam. In: Journal of Mammalogy, 93(1): p. 1-11. pdf
Footnotes:
[1] Vu Dinh Thong et al. 2012 p. 7
[2] Vu Dinh Thong et al. 2012 p. 3-5
[3] Vu Dinh Thong et al. 2012 p. 5
[4] Vu Dinh Thong et al. 2012 p. 6
