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Chiroptera

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Contains

Emballonuridae0
Hipposideridae8
Miniopteridae0
Molossidae11
Mormoopidae0
Noctilionidae0
Phyllostomidae0
Pteropodidae0
Rhinolophidae13
Thyropteridae0
Vespertilionidae3

Recordings

4 Bat social calls - probably Pipistrelle sp.0:55
40 Noctule Bat Roost0:34
41 Brown Long-eared Bat alarm calls (Roger Noughton)0:26
Cheiromeles torquatus A (including feeding buzz)0:32
Cheiromeles torquatus B1:18
Cheiromeles torquatus C0:19
Cheiromeles torquatus D0:26
Cheiromeles torquatus E0:13
Cheiromeles torquatus F0:13
Cheiromeles torquatus G0:10
Cheiromeles torquatus H0:50
Cheiromeles torquatus I0:11
Cheiromeles torquatus K0:12
Cheiromeles torquatus L0:12
Hipposideros_bicolor_female Kuala_Lompat_21.03.19920:07 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros_diadema_A_male Ulu_Gombak 7.03.19920:42 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros_diadema_C_female Ulu_Gombak 27.03.19920:23 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros_diadema_B_male Kuala_Lompat_19.03.19920:21 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros_larvatus_A_Pasoh 30.03.19920:18 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros_larvatus_B_Pasoh 30.03.19920:04 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros_larvatus_C male_Pasoh 30.03.19920:07 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros_ridleyi_female Kuala_Lompat_19.03.19920:20 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_affinis_A female Tanah Rata, Cameroun Highlands 25.03.19920:14 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_affinis_D female Tanah Rata, Cameroun Highlands 25.03.19920:25 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_affinis_B male Tanah Rata, Cameroun Highlands 25.03.19920:15 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_affinis_C male Tanah Rata, Cameroun Highlands 25.03.19920:29 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_affinis_E male Tanah Rata, Cameroun Highlands 25.03.19920:26 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_affinis_or_stheno_Pasoh 30.03.19920:49 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_luctoides SMF87485 female Tanah Rata, Cameroun Highlands 25.03.19920:31 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_luctoides SMF87485 female Tanah Rata, Cameroun Highlands 25.03.1992 20:39 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_refulgens_female Ulu_Gombak 3.04.19920:15 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_trifoliatus_A_male Kuala_Lompat_19.03.19920:23 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_trifoliatus_B_male Kuala_Lompat_19.03.19920:01 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_trifoliatus_C1_male Kuala_Lompat_19.03.19920:18 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus_trifoliatus_C2_male Kuala_Lompat_19.03.19920:12 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller

Specimens

Cheiromeles torquatus BioAcoustica Heller 11992-03-30
Hipposideros bicolor BioAcoustica Heller 21992-03-21 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros diadema BioAcoustica Heller 31992-03-07 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros diadema BioAcoustica Heller 41992-03-27 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros diadema BioAcoustica Heller 51992-03-19 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros larvatus BioAcoustica Heller 6MY · 1992-03-30 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros larvatus BioAcoustica Heller 7MY · 1992-03-30 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Hipposideros ridleyi BioAcoustica Heller 81992-03-19 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus BioAcoustica Heller 11MY · 1992-03-30 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus affinis BioAcoustica Heller 9MY · 1992-03-25 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus affinis BioAcoustica Heller 10MY · 1992-03-25 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus lepidus refulgens BioAcoustica Heller 121992-04-03 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller
Rhinolophus luctoides SMF SMFcoll 874851992-03-25 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller; M. Volleth
Rhinolophus trifoliatus BioAcoustica Heller 131992-03-19 · Klaus-Gerhard Heller

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