Hairless bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hairless bat lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cheiromeles torquatus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Molossidae

Where does the hairless bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hairless bat in 3 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the hairless bat endangered?

The hairless bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the hairless bat?

The hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Molossidae, genus Cheiromeles. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hairless bat

The hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus), also called the naked bulldog bat and greater naked bat, is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. The generic name Cheiromeles comes from the Greek words cheir and mélos (Greek for hand and limb) and the species name is derived from the Latin torques (Latin for collar).

This bat is a hawking insectivore, using echolocation to find insects on the wing.

The hairless bat is mostly hairless, but does have short, bristly hairs around its neck, on its front toes, and around the throat sac, along with fine hairs on the head and tail membrane.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hairless bat (revision 1367402643), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1832731 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).