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Taphozous mauritianus |
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Taphozous perforatus |
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Mauritian Tomb Bat |
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Length: 11 cm; wingspan: 34 cm; forearm: 6 cm; weight: 27 g. Pelage is greyish-brown above and white below. Ears are triangular with rounded tips. There is a tragus. Eyes are large. Calcaneum is long. Tail is short. Half of its tail lies inside the interfemoral flight membrane, the other half projects from it. Males have a glandular sac in the throat. |
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Taphozous mauritanus lives in pairs. Rests on rock faces, walls or tree-trunks. When disturbed, it clambers away around corners. Eyesight is good. May catch insects flying nearby during the day. |
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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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