Aselliscus stoliczkanus (Dobson, 1871)

Stoliczka’s Asian trident bat

FA — 39.8–47.3 mm, mass — 5.0– 7.5 g. Fourteen males and 16 females were captured in Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan. Bats called with FMAXE values between 118.4–130 kHz (n = 5). On 2 September 2003, one juvenile female was netted in Yunnan, which called at 118.4 kHz (FA — 44.4 mm), while adult male in this cave called at 119.3 kHz (FA — 45.6 mm). One adult female was netted in Yunnan on 26 November 2006, calling at 130 kHz (FA — 39.8 mm). Another juvenile male was captured in Guizhou on 1 November 2005, which had a dominant call frequency at 120.3 kHz (FA — 44.0 mm). On 5 September 2006, two males and one female were captured in Guangxi, that female called at 125.4 kHz dominant frequency (FA — 44.7 mm, mass — 7.0 g), two males both called at 122.9 kHz (FA — 42.7 and 43.9 mm, mass both — 5.0 g). Echolocation calls are described further in Li et al. (2007).

Previous records from China: Guizhou, Guangxi, Jiangxi and Yunnan (Zhang, 1997; Wang, 2003).

Ecological Notes

Only small numbers were found and all records were from caves in southern provinces.