rhamphotheca:

Greater Naked Bat (Cheiromeles torquatus)

via the Field Museum

Total length 255-265 mm; tail 59-75 mm; hind foot 25-27 mm; ear 25-32 mm; forearm 74-90 mm; weight 150-185 g (Francis, 2008; Payne et al., 1985). A large bat with a massive head, nearly bare skin with only scattered hairs, and a long, thick tail. The ears are not connected over the top of the head.

Distribution is the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo; within the Philippines, restricted to Palawan. One specimen was encountered at dusk in lowland at ca. 200 m elevation, and two specimens were captured in disturbed transitional lowland-montane forest at 700 m. On Borneo, reported to roost in large caves and hollow trees and to feed both in open areas over streams and clearings and above forest canopy in the lowlands. They feed on termites and other insects. Because they fly high and fast, they are difficult to capture…

(images/read more: Field Museum)  

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