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Myotis welwitschii |
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Myotis welwitschii venustus |
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Welwitch's Hairy Bat |
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Length: 12 cm; wingspan: 37 cm; forearm: 5,5 cm; weight: 14 g. Soft and woolly fur, coppery red above and reddish-white below. Wings are red and black. Interfemoral membrane is reddish-brown speckled with black. Ears are reddish-brown with black edges. Muzzle is long and pointed. Wing membranes and ears are brown. Tail is long and completely enclosed by the interfemoral membrane. |
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Woodland and savannah. |
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Lives in colonies. Roosts in trees. Slow flier. |
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Insects. |
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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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