Colorful woolly bat
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The Bunte wool bat ( Kerivoula argentata ) is in Africa occurring bat species of the genus of wool bats .
description
The colorful woolly bat is a small species of bat that weighs about 7 g and whose total length (head to tip of the tail) is about 94 mm on average, the forearm length is about 37.7 mm. The hair is long and colored auburn on the top, the ends of the hair are sometimes lighter and curly. The fur is white to gray-white on the underside. The wings are dark brown and not very hairy. The ears are funnel-shaped and about 14.2 mm long, the long, narrow tragus tapers to a point. The edge of the tail fly skin is hairy, which means that the colorful woolly bat and its sister species small woolly bat ( Kerovoula lanosa ) can be clearly distinguished from other bats in the region.
distribution
The colorful woolly bat is common in eastern and southern Africa. Evidence of the species is available from the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya , Tanzania , Zambia , Malawi and Mozambique . In Zimbabwe the species is widespread in Namibia and the north-eastern South Africa , there are also deposits. The colorful woolly bat may also be common in Angola .
Way of life
Colorful woolen bats seem to be forest bats, evidence is found mainly in forests such as gallery forests or in tree savannas such as the miombo . During the day the animals rest freely hanging in small groups under leaves or roof edges. The woolly brown fur seems to serve as a camouflage, several brightly colored woolen bats hanging next to each other look similar to nests of different wasp species made of mud. Nests of weaver birds are also accepted as roosts . The very long hair can also be a heat protection against the hot temperatures during the day. Nothing is known about the food composition of the species, it probably hunts close to the vegetation.
Systematics
There are three subspecies :
- Kerivoula argentata argentata ( Tomes 1861)
- Kerivoula argentata zuluensis ( Kirk 1865)
- Kerivoula argentata argentata ( Roberts 1924)
Danger
Due to the large distribution area, the species is classified by the IUCN as not endangered ("least concern").
literature
Ara Monadjem , Peter John Taylor , FPD (Woody) Cotterill & M. Corrie Schoeman: Bats of Southern and Central Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis . 1st edition. Wits University Press, Pretoria 2010, ISBN 978-1-86814-508-9 .
Web links
- Kerivoula argentata in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- Kerivoula argentata inthe IUCN 2016 Red List of Threatened Species . 3. Posted by: Jacobs, D., Cotterill, FPD & Taylor, PJ, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Monadjem et al. (2010). Pp. 422-425
- ↑ Victor Van Cakenberghe & Ernest CJ Seamark (eds.): ACR. 2016. African Chiroptera Report 2016. African Bats . 2016, ISSN 1990-6471 , p. 508-509 .
- ↑ Kerivoula argentata in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.3. Posted by: Jacobs, D., Cotterill, FPD & Taylor, PJ, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2017.