Formosan tubenosed bats are found only in Taiwan. Found using banana dead leaves to roost. Emits typical short-duration and wide-band echolocation sound waves used to hunt insects in forest glades.
It is a medium-small bat. Body length 40-53mm, forearm length 33-39mm, tail length 32-46mm. The head hair is brown, the snout is prominent, and the nostrils are lengthened into short tubes. The dorsal hair is light brown or grayish brown, the abdominal hair is lighter, often gray to grayish brown, and the coat is thick and soft. The auricle is large, the ear is longer than the ear width, and the tip is blunt. The tragus is long and narrow. The alar membrane is broadly round and extends to the base of the toe. The tail membrane and the foot are covered with fine and dense hairs.
It has been included in the Chinese Red List of Biodiversity - Vertebrate volume, and the assessment level is near threatened NT.
