Animalz

Doryrhina

  • Cameroon Leaf-nosed Bat Doryrhina camerunensis

    The Cameroon Leaf-nosed Bat is larger than the other recognized Doryrhina species and has gray-frosted fur and large pointed ears. Records come from Mount Cameroon and forests in eastern and East Africa.

  • Telefomin Leaf-nosed Bat Doryrhina corynophyllus

    This leaf-nosed bat has been recorded in New Guinea mountains. The 1993 description reports limestone-cave records above 1,400 m near Telefomin and a long tubular noseleaf projection.

  • Cyclops Leaf-nosed Bat Doryrhina cyclops

    The Cyclops leaf-nosed bat is a hipposiderid recorded in forests across western and central Africa. In Cameroon, bats were caught above a river pool and in a net set in the forest canopy.

  • Hill's Leaf-nosed Bat Doryrhina edwardshilli

    This leaf-nosed bat is recorded from western Papua New Guinea. The 1993 paper documents specimens at Imonda Station and a nearby limestone cave.

  • Fly River Leaf-nosed Bat Doryrhina muscinus

    This leaf-nosed bat lives in lowland tropical forest on New Guinea. The IUCN account reports hollow-tree roosts and one record of three bats inside a curled banana leaf.

  • Semon's Roundleaf Bat Doryrhina semoni

    This small insect-eating bat occurs in Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Australian recovery plan’s foraging records are from Australia, where it was reported flying near the ground and vegetation.

  • Narrow-eared Leaf-nosed Bat Doryrhina stenotis

    This leaf-nosed bat is recorded in open woodland and floodplains in northern Australia. It catches insects in low, slow flight and roosts in caves or rocky shelters.

  • Wollaston's Leaf-nosed Bat Doryrhina wollastoni

    This hipposiderid bat occurs on New Guinea. The handbook account treats several subspecies spanning Indonesian West Papua and Papua New Guinea.