CRASEONYCTERIDAE, Hill, 1974

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Craseonycteridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 178-181 : 178

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6556901
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scientific name	CRASEONYCTERIDAE
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Family CRASEONYCTERIDAE View in CoL

(HOG-NOSED BAT)

• Very small bats, often considered the smallest bat, even mammal, in the world, with hog-like nose; long body hair; very large, pointed-tipped ears; and short tail membrane without bonytail and calcar.

• 3.3-5 cm. View Figure

• Indo-Malayan Region. View Figure

• Limestone caves in mixed or dry deciduous forests.

• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.

• 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.