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Micropteropus pusillus
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Pteropodidae > Genus: Micropteropus > Species: Micropteropus pusillus
Type Description
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867:870 [1868].
Type Locality
Nigeria, Yoruba (see Bergmans [1989] and Kock et al. [2002]).
Measurements
Head and body: 75-105 mm
Tail length: 0-3 mm
Forearm Length: 48-57 mm
Weight: 25-35 g
Tail length: 0-3 mm
Forearm Length: 48-57 mm
Weight: 25-35 g
Description
This small epauletted bat is found in the northwestern part of Tanzania near Lake Victoria.
Distribution
Micropteropus pusillus, is found throughout woodlands, savannas, and forest mosaics outside the main lowland forest zone of Africa, from Senegal in the west to southern Sudan, East Africa and Angola. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:159-161.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 118.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:258-260, 282-283.
4. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 118.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:258-260, 282-283.
4. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.