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Tadarida condylura |
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Tadarida (Mops) condylura, Mops osborni |
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Angola Free-tailed Bat |
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Length: 12 cm; forearm: 5 cm; weight: 22 g. Pelage is dark brown above. throat is tawny, chest is brownish-grey and abdomen is off-white. Ears are large. Muzzle is long and resembles that of a pig or a mastiff. Upper lip is wrinkled. Half or less of the tail is enclosed by the interfemoral membrane while the remainder projects beyond it. Feet are large, with fringes of curved and stiff hair on the sides. Wings are long, narrow and pointed. |
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Woodland. |
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Lives in colonies of up to a few hundreds individuals. Good climber. High and rapid flier.
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Insects. |
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Females give birth to one 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.
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