PEARSON’S HORSESHOE BAT
DESCRIPTION: This medium-sized bat is chestnut-brown and has soft, woolly fur. Juveniles are greyer than adults. It has a broad horseshoe, which is divided into two halves by a groove.
BEHAVIOUR: It uses perches to sally forth from to capture insects.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern West Bengal, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Assam and Mizoram.
HABITAT: Caves in montane forests.
Size: 5.1–6.4 cm
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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