Lesser mouse-tailed bat

Description

The lesser mouse-tailed bat is a small bat with a long thin tail resembling that of a mouse,hence its name.It is covered with soft fur on the body,greyish to dark brown in colour,but not on its face,rear abdomen and rump.The lower parts are paler in colour.The snout of the lesser mouse-tailed bat has a small triangular shaped nose leaf.The large rhomboid-shaped ears have transverse ridges across the pinna and are connected across the forehead with well developed tragi.The uropatagium (flap of skin between the hindlimbs) is small and envelops less than a fourth part of the tail.