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Pipistrellus capensis |
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Eptesicus grandedieri |
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Sérotine du Cap |
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Cape Serotine Bat |
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Length: 8,5 cm; wingspan: 24 cm; forearm: 3,3 cm; weight: 6,5 g. Pelage varies from light brown to dark brown. Wing membranes are dark brown. 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 groups. Roosts in trees and bushes, in roofs and under the bark of trees. Slow and erratic flier. |
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Insects.
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Females give birth to one or two young. |
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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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