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Myotis welwitschii
Order: Chiroptera > Family: Vespertilionidae > Genus: Myotis > Species: Myotis welwitschii
Common Name: Welwitsch's Myotis [English]
Type Description
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866:211.
Type Locality
NE Angola.
Measurements
Head and body: 60 mm
Tail length: 55 mm
Forearm Length: 52-56 mm
Weight: 10 g
Tail length: 55 mm
Forearm Length: 52-56 mm
Weight: 10 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. Myotis welwitschii is a striking bat with orange and black coloration.
Distribution
Myotis welwitschii roosts in vegetation and caves, is rare and has a scattered distribution area through woodlands and savannas throughout southern and eastern Africa from Angola over to Tanzania and Mozambique. (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.
5. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
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.
5. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.