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mothclark62תיאור
Just hanging under a tree about 8ft from the ground. Another guest kind guest called John showed us where they were (he's a lovely bloke - very funny!) The map location is pretty much spot-on - they were in the tree/bush that's marked on the side nearest to the closest building.
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dejongתיאור
Photograph by Y.A. de Jong & T.M. Butynski, wildsolutions.nl
Altitude 1150 m asl
Feeding on Milicia excelsa fruit
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jakobתיאור
C-C: 7.0, M^1-M^1: 10.5, C-M^1: 11.9
Identification of these small Epomophorus bats in Kasanka is a bit tricky: they clearly belong to the crypturus/labiatus/minimus group based on the pattern of the palatal ridges. Morphometrically, they agree with what Bergmans & van Strien (2004) identified as "E. cf. labiatus" from Malawi, and are smaller than E. crypturus, E. angolensis, and E. anselli.
However, these small Epomophorus would also agree in measurements with what was previously called E. minor, and what is now generally accepted as E. minimus. The latter species is currently assumed to range from Ethiopia to East Africa, with no records near Kasanka NP. Based on distribution, Kasanka specimens are tentatively referred to E. labiatus.
Bergmans, W., Van Strien, N., 2004. Systematic notes on a collection of bats from Malawi. I. Megachiroptera: Epomophorinae and Rousettinae (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica 6(2) 249-268.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/001.006.0205
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natalieתיאור
10.000s of individuals of E. helvum roosting in trees along an avenue leading to the house of the prefect, and in surrounding trees of the prefecture;
Picture 1+3: Simon Ghanem
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kylecmsmithתיאור
I had just exited the Skukuza Tourist Shop. To the right of the exit, hanging from the rafters, were maybe a dozen bats. Return visits showed that this is a common place for them to rest during the day, and that some were even mothers with infants tucked under their wings. I looked them up in the mammal guide in the shop, but I could not distinguish whether the bats were Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bats (Epomophorus wahlbergi) or Gambian epauletted fruit bats (E. gambianus). I know it's unlikely, but if anyone can tell based on the distribution or picture, I would be interested to find out.
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martina_lwgתיאור
A Group of Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bats come here every spring (October) to mate and raise their offspring. They sleep during the day in a King Palm (Archontophoenix alexandrea). At the moment we have about 14 bats here with at least 4 female bats with babies, some smaller juvenile bats and some grown up bats. The maximum we counted 32 bats here in our palm tree. They come every year to the same tree.
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martina_lwgתיאור
Since October 2014 we have a single Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus species) living in our garden at Littlewood Garden. It sleeps during the day in our "Cave Bar" next to the swimming pool. It doesn't seem to be very scared of us.
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lisaellerתיאור
A small group of Epauletted Fruit Bats. They would roost in this particular tree from time to time. I would often look for them when I walked around.
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