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unusual facts about Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat



Anjajavy Forest

Probably the most common member of the chiroptera family locally is the Commerson's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros commersoni).

Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat

It was named "Beelzebub" and "demon" because of its coloration and fierce behavior, alluding the use of the term "Beelzebub" as reference to the underworld in Christian texts.

Carr Peak

The area is well know among birders because of the variety of hummingbird species (as many as 15) seen in the area as well as the dozens of southwestern specialties such as Apache pine, Chihuahua pine, ridge-nosed rattlesnake, lesser long-nosed bat and elegant trogon.

Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat

The smaller, brown coloured bat Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat is found in Korea, Russia (Far East and Sakhalin), and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima and Yakushima).

In Japan they are called 'tengu komori', after the mythical creature called the Tengu.

Hipposideridae

Commerson's leaf-nosed bat or Commerson's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros commersoni

Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat

The Mistratoan Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira mistratensis), is a species of leaf-nosed bat indigenous to the western Andes, in the Mistrato municipality in Risaralda, Colombia.


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