Back Vesnol (Cheiromeles torquatus) AVK Cheiromeles torquatus Bulgarian Ratpenat glabre malai Catalan Cheiromeles torquatus CEB Tadarida lysá Czech Cheiromeles torquatus Spanish Cheiromeles torquatus EU خفاش بیمو FA Cheiromeles torquatus Italian 큰벌거숭이박쥐 Korean
| Hairless bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Cheiromeles |
| Species: | C. torquatus
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| Cheiromeles torquatus Horsfield, 1824
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The hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus), also called the naked bulldog bat[2] and greater naked bat,[1] is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. The generic name Cheiromeles comes from the Greek word cheir (Greek for hand) and the species name is derived from the Latin torques (Latin for collar).[2]
This bat is a hawking insectivore, using echolocation to find insects on the wing.[3]
The hairless bat is mostly hairless, but does have short, bristly hairs around its neck, on its front toes, and around the throat sac, along with fine hairs on the head and tail membrane.[4]
- ^ a b Senawi, J.; Csorba, G.; Bumrungsri, S.; Francis, C.; Bates, P.J.J.; Gumal, M.; Kingston, T. (2019). "Cheiromeles torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4601A22035361. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4601A22035361.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Leong, T. M., et al. (2009). The naked bulldog bat, Cheiromeles torquatus in Singapore—past and present records, with highlights on its unique morphology (Microchiroptera: Molossidae. Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Nature in Singapore 2, 215-30.
- ^ Kingston, T., et al. (2003). Alternation of echolocation calls in 5 species of aerial-feeding insectivorous bats from Malaysia. Journal of Mammalogy 84(1), 205-15.
- ^ Thomson, P. (2002). "Cheiromeles torquatus". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 29 October 2013.