{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{speciesbox | name = Tickell's bat | image=Hesperoptenus tickelli skull.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Srinivasulu, B. |author2=Srinivasulu, C. |date=2019 |title=''Hesperoptenus tickelli'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T9978A22075896 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T9978A22075896.en}}</ref> | genus = Hesperoptenus | species = tickelli | authority = Blyth, 1851 | synonyms = | range_map = Range_Hesperoptenus_tickelli.png }} '''Tickell's bat''' ('''''Hesperoptenus tickelli''''') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Bangladesh Bhutan, Cambodia, possibly China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
==Description== Head and body length is {{convert|7|cm|in|abbr=on}}. Forearm is between {{convert|5|and|6|cm|in|abbr=on}} long.
Females are larger than males. Generally color varies from grayish yellow to bright golden brown. Underside grayer and lighter. Fur is soft and dense. Digits of hands and feet are pinkish and the membrane between them is blackish. Inter-femoral membrane is pinkish tending to become black towards the outer margin. Muzzle is broad and swollen. Claws black. Wings are moderately broad, span between {{convert|38|and|41|cm|in|abbr=on}}, and measure about {{convert|7|cm|in|abbr=off}} wide. Tail is enclosed in a membrane the tip.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
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{{Vespertilionidae|V.|E.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q302847}}
Category:Mammals of Nepal Category:Bats of India Category:Mammals of Sri Lanka Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Mammals described in 1851 Category:Bats of Asia Category:Taxa named by Edward Blyth
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