White-winged house bat
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The white-winged house bat ( Scotoecus albofuscus ) is a bat in the smooth-nosed family that is found in Africa .
features
As the German name suggests, the species is characterized by white wings with brown edges. The fur on the top is a light fawn color and the underside is covered in lighter fur. A specimen from South Africa was 85 mm long with tail, the tail length was 32 mm and the forearms were 31 mm long. The animal had hind feet 8 mm long, ears 9 mm long and a weight of 7.9 g. In individuals who were measured in 1974, the values were lower.
Distribution and way of life
The white-winged house bat is known from West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria and from East Africa from Uganda and Kenya to eastern South Africa. The species was still registered in Sudan . Forests and other landscapes with a vegetation of trees and bushes serve as habitats . Presumably the bat visits dry savannahs .
Very little information is available on lifestyle. During the day the species rests in dense foliage. Because her flight is quick and straight, she is believed to hunt over open landscapes as well as over the treetops. The White Wing House bat has Hemiptera , beetles , butterflies , Fly and other flying insects as prey. A female recently captured in South Africa had a litter of twins in late November.
status
The white-winged house bat has been registered in various national parks . It is listed by the IUCN with "insufficient data basis" ( data deficient ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World . A taxonomic and geographic Reference . 3. Edition. 2 volumes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (English, Scotoecus albofuscus ).
- ↑ Skinner &. Chimimba (Ed.): The Mammals of the Southern African Sub-region . Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4081-2254-9 , pp. 324 (English, Scotoecus albofuscus ).
- ↑ a b c scotoecus albofuscus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: Jacobs, D., 2008. Accessed July 6, 2017th
- ↑ Kingdon, Jonathan (Ed.): Mammals of Africa . A & C Black, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4081-2254-9 , pp. 668 (English, Scotoecus albofuscus ).