Hipposideros calcaratus

Habitat. Forests and wet lowlands from sea level to 1000 m.

Sumber: Hipposideridae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Spurred Leaf-nosed Bat is gregarious and can be found in large colonies.

Sumber: Hipposideridae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Spurred Leaf-nosed Bat is common within its range. Although the trends are unknown, it is thought that the overall population is large. No major threats to this species are known at present, although habitat loss and human disturbance could be of some importance.

Sumber: Hipposideridae

Descriptive notes. Head — body 49 - 4 — 70 mm, tail 31 - 44 mm, ear 16 - 5 — 25 mm, hindfoot 7 - 9 — 12 mm, forearm 46 - 2 — 55 - 8 mm; weight 11 - 5 g. The Spurred Leaf-nosed Bat has large, funnel-shaped ears, with slighdy rounded tips. Noseleaf is simple, without supplementary leaflets. Intermediate leaf has a medial and well-developed protuberance. Posterior leaf is long, with three vertical septa. There is a small protuberance above each eye and behind both laterals of posterior noseleaf. Frontal sac of males is relatively small. Wing membrane is attached to side of foot. Pelage is long and soft, with dark brown on dorsum, and paler colors over shoulders; fur is whitish-grayish on ventral part, and naked wing membranes are blackish brown. This species can occasionally present a reddish or orange coloration.