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Glauconycteris variegata |
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Glauconycteris variegata papilio |
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Butterfly Bat |
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Length: 11 cm; wingspan: 28 cm; forearm: 4,4 cm; weight: 13 g. Pelage is yellow tinged with brown above and pale yellow below. This pretty bat has wings and interfemoral membrane that are pale yellow and with a network of brown lines. Tail is long and completely enclosed by the interfemoral membrane. Ears are small. |
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Woodland and savannah. |
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Lives in pairs or in small groups. Roosts in trees or bushes. High and slow flier. |
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Insects. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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