Published June 1, 2009 | Version v1
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Coelops frithii Blyth 1848

  • 1. Guangdong Entomological Institute, 105 Xingang Xilu, Haizhu, Guangzhou, 510260 China
  • 2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS 8 1 UG, United Kingdom
  • 3. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 - 5 Beichen Xilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China
  • 4. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, 92019 New Zealand

Description

Coelops frithii Blyth, 1848

East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat

FA — 35.0– 39.1 mm, mass — 5.0– 5.5 g. Four males and 17 females were captured in Hainan and Fujian. The Hainan C. frithi (FA — 35.0–37.0 mm) were slightly smaller than bats from Fujian (FA — 36.0– 39.1 mm). The bats emitted echolocation calls dominated by a broadband component with FMAXE 141 kHz (start frequency 199 kHz, end frequency 117 kHz), although a higher constant frequency component may have been missed because of sampling rate restrictions of the recording equipment.

Previous records from China: Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan and Yunnan, (Zhang, 1997; Wang, 2003).

Ecological Notes

Appears to have a very restricted distribution in southern China. Found only in small numbers in three caves.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Libiao, Jones, Gareth, Zhang, Jinshuo, Zhu, Guangjian & Parsons, Stuart, 2009, Recent surveys of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from China. I. Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae, pp. 71-88 in Acta Chiropterologica 11 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.3161/150811009X465703, http://zenodo.org/record/3944511

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Blyth
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Hipposideridae
Genus
Coelops
Species
frithii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coelops frithii Blyth, 1848 sec. Zhang, Jones, Zhang, Zhu & Parsons, 2009

References

  • ZHANG, Y. Z. (ed.). 1997. Distribution of mammalian species in China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 280 pp.
  • WANG, Y. X. (ed.). 2003. A complete checklist of mammal species and subspecies in China: a taxonomic and geographic reference. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 394 pp.