Prince-of-Abruzzo Bulldog Bat

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Prince-of-Abruzzo Bulldog Bat
Systematics
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria
Order : Bats (chiroptera)
Superfamily : Smooth-nosed (Vespertilionoidea)
Family : Bulldog bats (Molossidae)
Genre : Free- tailed bats ( Chaerephon )
Type : Prince-of-Abruzzo Bulldog Bat
Scientific name
Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae
( Festa , 1907)
Distribution area of ​​the Prince of Abruzzo Bulldog Bat

The Prince-of-Abruzzo Bulldog Bat ( Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae ), ( synonyms : Nyctinomus aloysii-sabaudiæ , Tadarida aloysiisabaudiae and Chaerephon cyclotis ) is a species of bat of the genus of the cantilever bat that occurs in West and Central Africa .

description

The Prince-of-Abruzzo bulldog bat is a medium-sized representative of the African bulldog bats . The forearm length is about 48 - 53 mm. The fur on the back including the thighs is colored chocolate to dark red-brown, sometimes orange-brown. The fur is partially speckled with white. The ventral side is similar in color to the back, but slightly lighter in color. The flight membranes are black-brown. The upper lips are wrinkled, the Prince of Abruzzo bulldog bat has 8-9 lip folds on each side. The ears have grown together at the front. The tail protruding from the tail membrane is characteristic of the genus of the cantilever bats. There is no such thing as sexual dimorphism . Similar species are the Ansorge , spotted , rust-colored and the small bulldog bat , which can be distinguished on the basis of different forearm lengths and morphological differences in the skull.

Systematics & distribution

The Prince of Abruzzo bulldog bat was, like other representatives of the genus of the cantilever bat ( Chaerephon ), assigned to the genus of the folding-lipped bats ( Tadarida ) ( Tadarida aloysiisabaudiae ). Genetic studies show that Chaerephon forms a clade together with the genus Pug and that the species of the two genera do not belong to Tadarida . No subspecies are distinguished.

The distribution area of ​​the Prince of Abruzzo Bulldog Bat extends from the Ivory Coast and Ghana in West Africa via Cameroon to Sudan and Uganda .

Way of life

The Prince of Abruzzo bulldog bats colonize lowland rainforests and adjacent savannah areas , swamps and mountain forests. One specimen was found in a tree-cave quarter, which was also inhabited by around 150 Angola bulldog bats. Prince of Abruzzo bulldog bats hunt at great heights.

Etymology & Research History

The Prince-of-Abruzzo bulldog bat was first described by Enrico Festa in 1907 under the name Nyctinomus aloysii-sabaudae . The holotype was collected by him in Uganda, near the Ruwenzori Mountains . The arteptithon is the Latinization of the name and title of Duke Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta , who led an Italian expedition to the Ruwenzori Mountains in 1906, during which the type specimen was collected.

Danger

The IUCN has classified the species as not endangered (“least concern”) due to its large distribution area and the presumably large population size.

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literature

  • J. Fahr: Tadarida aloysiisabaudiae Duke of Abruzzi free-tailed bat. In: Meredith Happold & David Happold (Eds.): Mammals of Africa Volume IV. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats. Bloomsbury, London 2013, pp. 493-495; ISBN 978-1-4081-2253-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor CH Cole: Dictionary of Mammal Names - Dictionary of Mammal Names . 1st edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-662-46269-0 .
  2. ↑ a b Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017.2. Posted by: A. Monadjem et al., 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c J. Fahr 2013, p. 493 ff.
  4. ↑ Victor Van Cakenberghe, Ernest CJ Seamark (Ed.): ACR. 2016. African Chiroptera Report 2016. African Bats . 2016, ISSN  1990-6471 , p. 360-361 .
  5. ↑ Jennifer M. Lamb, Taryn MC Ralph, Theshnie Naidoo, Peter J. Taylor, Fanja Ratrimomanarivo, William T. Stanley and Steven M. Goodman: Toward a Molecular Phylogeny for the Molossidae (Chiroptera) of the AfroMalagasy Region . In: Acta Chiropterologica . tape 13 , no. 1 , 2011, p. 1-16 , doi : 10.3161 / 150811011X578589 .
  6. ↑ Renato Gregorin & Andrea Cirranello: Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data . In: Cladistics . tape 32 , no. 1 , 2016, p. 2-35 , doi : 10.1111 / cla.12117 .
  7. ↑ a b Victor Van Cakenberghe, Ernest CJ Seamark (ed.): ACR. 2016. African Chiroptera Report 2016. African Bats . 2016, ISSN  1990-6471 , p. 361-362 .
  8. ^ Enrico Festa: Spedizione al Ruwenzori di SAR Luigi Amadeo the Savoia Ducoa degli Abruzzi. Nyctinomus aloysii-sabaudae . In: Bollettino dei musei di zoologia ed anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino. Vol. 22 No. 546, 1907 ( Bollettino dei musei di zoologia ed anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino )