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Shield-faced Roundleaf Bat
   

Photographed in a limestone cave at Tanjong Rhu, Langkawi, Peninsular Malaysia.


Close-up of the complicated noseleaf

The Shield-faced Roundleaf Bat is a communal cave-dwelling species, commonly inhabiting limestone caves at sea-level as well as caves in forested hills.

 
 

This group is part of a colony with around 100 individuals

   

Like all Hipposideros species there is a series of complicated noseleafs. In this species there is a shield or bi-lobed structure behind the posterior noseleaf. In males this structure is huge, but in females is much smaller. The fur is brownish or grey in colour. The ears are broad and triangular

The species occurs in Burma, Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. It is absent from Singapore.

Order : CHIROPTERA
Family : Hipposideridae
Species : Hipposideros lylei

Forearm Length : 7.8-8.4 cm

References : M3