FAMILY HIPPOSIDERIDAE (OLD WORLD LEAF-NOSED BATS)
Identification
Rounded nose-leaf, sometimes with three-pronged protrusion on top resembling
a trident
Large ears
Tragus absent
Tail present, variable size
Food
Moths, beetles, flying termites
Roosts
Cabes, mines, sometimes
buildings, tree hollows and porcupine burrows
Number of species worldwide: 63 (occurs in the Old World only)
Number of species
in Southern Africa: 4
Common bats in KZN
Sundevall’s leaf-nosed bat - Hipposideros caffer
Commerson’s leaf-nosed
bat - Hipposideros commersonii
Short eared trident bat - Cloeotis percivali