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Nycteris hispida |
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Nycteris pallida |
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Hairy Slit-faced Bat |
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Length: 9 cm; wingspan: 28 cm; forearm: 4 cm. Ears are long and rounded (2,2 cm long). Pelage is sepia brown above and grey below. Wings and ears are dark brown. A split runs down the length of the face. Wings are relatively short and wide. Long tail bifurcated at the tip. |
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Woodland. |
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Nycteris hipsida lives singly or in small colonies. Roosts in holes in rocks or under bushes. Slow but agile flier. |
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Insects and other invertebrates.
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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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