Black-winged bat
| Black-winged bat | ||||||||||||
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| Thoopterus | ||||||||||||
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| Thoopterus nigrescens | ||||||||||||
| ( Gray , 1870) |
The black wing flying fox ( Thoopterus nigrescens ) is a bat in the generic group short nose bats and the only type of their species.
This flying fox reaches a head-trunk length of 9.4 to 11 cm, the tail is just an inconspicuous stump. The length of the forearms, which is decisive for the wingspan , is 7 to 8 cm. The weight varies between 67 and 99 g. The fur color is uniformly gray-brown on the front and back. The black winged bat differs mainly in the structure of the teeth from closely related fruit bats.
The species occurs on Sulawesi and neighboring smaller islands. It lives in forests in the lowlands and in low mountain ranges up to 2,400 meters above sea level.
The way of life is largely unexplored. Pregnant females with one embryo were found at different months.
The black winged bat is occasionally hunted for its meat, but this is not a major threat. The entire inventory is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern .
The only European holder is Berlin.
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, Thoopterus ).
- ↑ a b Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. Volume 1. 6th edition. 1999, p. 290.
- ↑ a b Thoopterus nigrescens in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Ruedas, L., Kingston, T., slipway, K. & Sinaga, J., 2008. Accessed March 23, 2014.
- ↑ [1] ZTL 16.6
