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Scotophilus nigrita |
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Giant Yellow House Bat |
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Length: 18 cm; forearm: 7,7 cm. Soft and woolly coat varies from reddish-brown to greyish-brown or yellowish brown above. Underparts vary from pale yellow to white. Wing membranes are dark brown and translucent. Ears are short. Tragus are long and pointed. |
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Savannah. |
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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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