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Myotis tricolor
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Vespertilionidae > Genus: Myotis > Species: Myotis tricolor
Type Description
In Smuts, Enumer. Mamm. Capensium, p. 106.
Type Locality
South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Capetown.
Measurements
Head and body: 50-61 mm
Tail length: 45-56 mm
Forearm Length: 47-52 mm
Weight: 8-11 g
Tail length: 45-56 mm
Forearm Length: 47-52 mm
Weight: 8-11 g
Description
All of these bats have fairly long snouts and 6 teeth behind the behind the canine on each side of the upper and the lower jaw.
Distribution
A typical southern woodlands and savanna species that roosts in vegetation or caves, Myotis tricolor is widely distributed throughout the East African nations from Ethiopia extending down the eastern side of the continent to South Africa. (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:265, 268-270.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 129.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:414-423.
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. 129.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:414-423.
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.