Species Myotis welwitschii (Gray, 1866) (Welwitsch's bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Vespertilionidae
  • ----- species: Myotis welwitschii
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 12 cm; reddish-brown on the upperparts, whitish on the underparts; bold red-and-black pattern on the wing-membrane; elongated muzzle; large ears;
Countries:
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 62
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/25522764
Date: 2013-08-03
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Fahr, J. & Ebigbo, N. M., 2003. A conservation assessment of the bats of the Simandou Range, Guinea, with the first record of Myotis welwitschii (Gray, 1866) from West Africa. Acta Chiropterologica 5(1): 125-141.
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/25522762
Date: 2013-08-03
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Fahr, J. & Ebigbo, N. M., 2003. A conservation assessment of the bats of the Simandou Range, Guinea, with the first record of Myotis welwitschii (Gray, 1866) from West Africa. Acta Chiropterologica 5(1): 125-141.
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27158446
Creator: Creator:Joseph Smit
Permission: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Comments: Scotophilus welwitschii = Myotis welwitschii (J.E.Gray, 1866) English: Welwitsch's Bat

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