Osgood's horseshoe bat

Osgood's horseshoe bat ( Rhinolophus osgoodi ) is a poorly understood bat from the family of horseshoe bats. The specific epithet honors Wilfred Hudson Osgood, who in 1932 worked for the first time with the type.

Features

The body length is 52 to 54 mm, tail length 17 to 21 mm, the Hinterfußlänge 8-9 mm, the ear length 12 to 20 mm, the forearm length 42 to 46 mm and the length of skull 15-16 mm. The nose is 6.4 mm wide and covers most of the skull. The wide saddle is rounded at the tip and the parallel sides. The shape of the nose extension varies from an acute to an obtuse triangle. The tip of the snout is straight ahead. The metacarpal bones are about the same size. The fur is light brown on top with a gray base, at the bottom lighter gray. The skull is short but strong.

Dissemination and lifestyle

Osgood's horseshoe bat is found in the Chinese province of Yunnan. About their life nothing is known.

Status

Osgood's horseshoe bat is known only from ten specimens that were collected in 1929 by Herbert Stevens at Nguluko in the Chinese province of Yunnan. Osgood she mentioned in 1932 as unknown subspecies of Blyth's Horseshoe Bat ( Rhinolophus lepidus ), the valid description as a distinct species comes from Colin Campbell Sanborn from 1939. A 2003 trapped in a cave near Dali specimen could represent this type. The IUCN lists Osgood's horseshoe bat in the category " insufficient data " ( data deficient ).