Sanborn epaulette bat
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The Sanborn-Epaulettenflughund ( Epomophorus grandis ), also Sanborns Epaulettenflughund , is a fruit bat of the genus Epomophorus , which has so far been recorded in Angola and the Republic of the Congo .
description
The Sanborn epaulette bat weighs around 50–60 g and is a small species of flying fox in southern Africa with a total length (head - tail tip) of around 99 mm . The fur is uniformly colored light brown. There is a white spot on the lower part of the auricle. So far only juvenile, immature males of the species have been collected, but it is assumed that, as with other epaulette bats, the males have white areas of fur on the shoulders that are reminiscent of epaulettes . These fur areas can be set up and presented for courtship. These white tufts of fur are not visible during periods of rest; they are pulled back into special pockets.
distribution
The entire range of the Sanborn epaulette bat is unknown; so far only four copies have been collected. They come from northern Angola and the Republic of the Congo. Probably the distribution area is larger.
Way of life
There is little data available on the Sanborn Epaulette Bat, so that there are no reliable findings on the ecology of the species. It is believed that the species occurs in lowland rainforest and in adjacent savannah landscapes.
Systematics
The Sanborn epaulette bat was first described by Colin Campbell Sanborn under the name Micropteropus grandis and assigned to the genus of the dwarf epaulette bat. In this genus, the Sanborn epaulette bat, about 99 mm long and weighing 50 to 60 g, is the largest representative, which is why the specific epithet grandis (large) was chosen. Due to different skull characteristics, the Sanborn epaulette bat has been counted since 1988 to the genus of the epaulette bat, where, contrary to the specific epithet, it is one of the smallest representatives.
Danger
The IUCN does not carry out a risk assessment of the species because the data situation is too small (“data deficient”).
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
- Epomophorus grandis in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- Epomophorus grandis inthe IUCN 2016 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Fahr, J. & T. Mildenstein, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Monadjem et al. (2010). P. 86
- ↑ Victor Van Cakenberghe & Ernest CJ Seamark (eds.): ACR. 2016. African Chiroptera Report 2016. African Bats . 2016, ISSN 1990-6471 , p. 74-75 .
- ↑ Epomophorus grandis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.3. Posted by: Fahr, J. & T. Mildenstein, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2017.