Northern Leaf-nosed Bat
Scientific name: Hipposideros stenotis
Click to enlarge image
GBB-36902.tif
Image: G B Baker
© Australian Museum
© Australian Museum
Fast Facts
-
Classification
- Genus
- Hipposideros
- Species
- stenotis
- Family
- Hipposideridae
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Subclass
- Eutheria
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Kingdom
- Animalia
Introduction
Northern Leaf-nosed Bats fly slowly with a flutter, like a butterfly, but can change direction quickly as they hunt their prey.
Habitat
Northern Leaf-nosed Bats roost in caves and cracks in sandstone cliffs and in old mines. It is not known whether they roost together in colonies.
Distribution
Feeding and diet
Northern Leaf-nosed Bats eat moths, mosquitoes and flies. They fly slowly with a flutter, like a butterfly but can change direction quickly as they hunt their prey.
Conservation status
Northern Leaf-nosed Bats are vulnerable to disturbance from human visitors to cave roosts, destruction of caves by mining, and loss of feeding habitat by clearing and land degradation from agriculture.
