Hairless bat

Hairless bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Cheiromeles
Species:
C. torquatus
Binomial name
Cheiromeles torquatus
Horsfield, 1824

The hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus), also called the naked bulldog bat[2] and greater naked bat,[1] is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. The generic name Cheiromeles comes from the Greek word cheir (Greek for hand) and the species name is derived from the Latin torques (Latin for collar).[2]

This bat is a hawking insectivore, using echolocation to find insects on the wing.[3]

The hairless bat is mostly hairless, but does have short, bristly hairs around its neck, on its front toes, and around the throat sac, along with fine hairs on the head and tail membrane.[4]

  1. ^ a b Senawi, J.; Csorba, G.; Bumrungsri, S.; Francis, C.; Bates, P.J.J.; Gumal, M.; Kingston, T. (2019). "Cheiromeles torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4601A22035361. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4601A22035361.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Leong, T. M., et al. (2009). The naked bulldog bat, Cheiromeles torquatus in Singapore—past and present records, with highlights on its unique morphology (Microchiroptera: Molossidae. Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Nature in Singapore 2, 215-30.
  3. ^ Kingston, T., et al. (2003). Alternation of echolocation calls in 5 species of aerial-feeding insectivorous bats from Malaysia. Journal of Mammalogy 84(1), 205-15.
  4. ^ Thomson, P. (2002). "Cheiromeles torquatus". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 29 October 2013.