Hipposideros pelingensis

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Sumber: Order Chiroptera - Family Hipposideridae

Distribution: Peleng Isl and Sulawesi (Indonesia).

Sumber: Order Chiroptera - Family Hipposideridae

Habitat. The Peleng Leaf-nosed Bat has been reported near karst areas and agricultural lands. It is found from the sea level up to 1000 m.

Sumber: Hipposideridae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Peleng Leaf-nosed Bat is thought to be gregarious, forming colonies of hundreds or even thousands of individuals, in caves.

Sumber: Hipposideridae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Near Threatened on The IUCN Red List. Although the Peleng Leaf-nosed Bat is locally common, limestone extraction and human disturbance at roosts could constitute important threats to its population, which is probably decreasing already, or likely to do so in the near future.

Sumber: Hipposideridae

Descriptive notes. Forearm 93 - 4 — 96 - 9 mm; weight 50 g. The Peleng Leaf-nosed Bat is very similar to the Fierce Leaf-nosed Bat (M dinops) but has shorter tibia. Ears are large and triangular, slightly concave below tip. Noseleaf is well developed, anterior leaf with three pairs of supplementary lateral leaflets. Intermediate leaf has a small protuberance in central part. Upper margin of posterior noseleaf is semicircular and three vertical septa form four cells on frontal surface. Fur is pale brown with brownishyellowish stripes along the sides.

Sumber: Hipposideridae