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Miniopterus inflatus |
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Miniopterus rufus |
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Greater Long-fingered Bat |
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Length: 11 cm; forearm: 4,7 cm; weight: 15 g. Pelage is dark brown. Wing membranes are black and interfemoral membrane is brown. Tail is long and completely enclosed by the interfemoral membrane. The second phalanx of its third finger is greatly elongated. Ears are small and rounded. |
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Woodland, savannah, forests. |
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Lives in small groups. Roosts in caves and mines. Rapid flier. |
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Insects. |
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After 8 months of gestation, females give birth to a 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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