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Mimetillus moloneyi
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Vespertilionidae > Genus: Mimetillus > Species: Mimetillus moloneyi
Common Name: Moloney's Mimic Bat [English]
Type Description
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 7:528.
Type Locality
Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos.
Measurements
Head and body: 50-60 mm
Tail length: 26-33 mm
Forearm Length: 26.5-30 mm
Weight: 6-11.5 g
Tail length: 26-33 mm
Forearm Length: 26.5-30 mm
Weight: 6-11.5 g
Description
The wings of this bat are very narrow and there are swellings on the snout.
Distribution
Ranging in the tropical belt from Sierra Leone and Liberia in the west to Kenya and Tanzania in the east, Mimetillus moloneyi is found under bark in forests, moist forest-savanna mosaics and woodlands at altitudes up to 2,300 m. (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:267, 279-283.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 132.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:414-418, 446.
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. 132.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:414-418, 446.
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.