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Nycteris thebaica |
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Nycteris thebaica capensis |
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Egyptian Slit-faced Bat |
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Length: 10 cm; wingspan: 24 cm; forearm: 4,7 cm; weight: 11 g. Ears are long and rounded (3,4 cm long). Pelage is light brown above and pale brown or off-white below. A split runs down the length of the face. Wings are relatively short and wide. Lower jaw is longer than upper jaw. Long tail bifurcated at the tip. |
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Forests, savannah, woodland. |
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Nycteris thebeica lives singly or in colonies of up to several hundreds individuals. Slow but agile flier.
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Insects and other invertebrates. |
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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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