Beddome's Horseshoe Bat

Beddome's horseshoe bat, also known as the lesser woolly horseshoe bat, is about 7 cm in head and body with a 6 cm forearm and a 33 cm wingspan, and females are larger than males. The fur is rough and woolly, dark greyish-brown, with blackish-brown wing membranes and prominent pointed ears. Knud Andersen described it in 1905, from a specimen collected in Wayanad in India (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found in India and Sri Lanka, in tropical moist lowland forest, caves and urban areas, and is nocturnal, navigating by echolocation at about 31 to 38 kHz. No roost or diet information was found for this entry. Nationally Vulnerable (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).