Species Laephotis botswanae (Botswanan long-eared bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Vespertilionidae
  • ----- species: Laephotis botswanae
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 9cm; light brown fur; the relatively long ears (one-third of the head-and-body length) are held in an 45° angle to the face; the face is not slit;
Countries:
BW
Botswana
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
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References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 70
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