部分白化臺灣葉鼻蝠（Hipposideros terasensis Kishida）的發現紀錄

A Partial Albino of the Formosan Leaf-Nosed Bat Hipposideros terasensis Kishida from Taiwan

本文記述一隻在臺灣南部墾丁地區珊瑚礁岩洞內發現的部分白化臺灣葉鼻蝠（Hipposiderosterasensis Kishida），其頭部、喉頸部及耳殼為白色至乳白色，而雙翼前臂之前半部，左臂與身體銜接之翼膜前緣，以及3、4 指間之翼膜末端均為白色，但臉鼻部與其他部分為黑褐色，眼睛為黑色。該隻個體與其他約1,000 隻正常毛色的臺灣葉鼻蝠個體共棲，但除了攝影外，無法捕捉到以詳細檢視。哺乳動物的白化現象出現的機率很小，部分白化亦然，在屬於夜行性的蝙蝠類中也屬罕見。本文所報導的部分白化臺灣葉鼻蝠為臺灣首次部分白化種蝙蝠的描述紀錄，也是目前全世界僅有的葉鼻蝠科（Hipposideridae）種類部分白化個體的影像資料。 This paper describes a partial albino of the Formosan leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros terasensis Kishida.It constitutes not only the first description of this kind for the species, but also for the familyHipposideridae. This partial albino roosted with nearly a thousand bats in a coral cavern in the Kentingarea of southern Taiwan. Its head, throat- neck part and ears were white to creamy white, and its fronthalves of forearms, front edge of the wing membrane between body and left forearm, and posterior partsof both wing membranes between the third and forth fingers were also white in color. Its eyes were blackand its face and other parts of the body were blackish brown. We took a few pictures of this partialalbino from far distance, but failed to capture it for detail examination.