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Büttikofer's Epauletted Bat (Epomops buettikoferi)Observer
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Is this Buttikofer's or could it be gambianus? In secondary rain forest
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Halcyon Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus alcyone)Observer
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A single animal roosting in a hollow tree. Not a large rhino. Any thoughts on the species?
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Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)Observer
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A group of three fur seals about 20 miles off of Monterey in 18C water. I am going backwards and forwards on whether these are Northern or Guadalupe Fur Seals.
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Fly River Trumpet-eared Bat (Kerivoula muscina)Observer
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Found with a thermal scope perched above the trail at night
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Midas Free-tailed Bat (Mops midas)Observer
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a hundred or so roosting inside an abandoned house at the Zakouma Park entrance gate
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Hairy Slit-faced Bat (Nycteris hispida)Observer
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We stopped next to a river about 30km south of Tinga Camp in Zakouma NP at midday. A troop of Olive Baboons apparently disturbed this colony of bats from the trees they were roosting in and they flew down into a sand cave, excavated by crocodiles at the base of the river bank,.
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Slit-faced Bats (Genus Nycteris)Observer
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50 or more roosting under the dining room. There were other nycteris in the roof spaces above some of the rooms
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Mouse-tailed Bats (Genus Rhinopoma)Observer
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Is this R cystops? They were in a cave alongside a well known watercourse in an important oasis in the southern Sahara
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Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus clivosus)Observer
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Several horseshoe bats sharing the back of a large cave with some Rhinopoma bats.
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Angolan Soft-furred Fruit Bat (Myonycteris angolensis)Observer
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Several roosting in a cave near the National Park. At the time I put these down as Lissonycteris but I don't remember why I didn't consider Rousettus.
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Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus)Observer
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Hanging from a high branch .... is this an Egyptian Rousette? Or might it be a Lissonycteris?
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Cyclops Roundleaf Bat (Doryrhina cyclops)Observer
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There were about 10 of this small hipposideros roosting in a hollow tree in a forest fragment at Lope. My recollection is that these bats were small: far smaller than the Cyclops Roundleaf Bat we saw nearby. Photos by Paul Carter.
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Slit-faced Bats (Genus Nycteris)Observer
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Three roosting in a hollow log in a forest fragment in Lope. Based on the estimated size of the bats, and the ears I thought either N intermedia or N nana? These photos are by Paul Carter
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Greater Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus inflatus)Observer
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A few of these were roosting in a small cave in a dry gorge. I cannot find the measurements but I know they fitted with Miniopterus inflatus. Any reason to think that is not correct?
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Bushveld Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus simulator)Observer
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There were a few of these in a cave at Debre Libanos in Ethiopia. They were smallish and the only measurement I can find is "ears about 20 mm".
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Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros caffer)Observer
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There were 50 or more of these bat using a shed as a night roost in Awash National Park. I caught and measured a few and the forearm was around 45mm
Does this look right for H. caffer?
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Benito Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros beatus)Observer
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This was a medium size hipposideros. I'd guess the head body was around 8cm... roosting in a hollow tree. It was considerably smaller than the Cyclops Roundleaf Bat we saw in the same area, but considerably larger than a small Hipposideros we saw close by. Any ideas? photo Venkat Sankar
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Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus)Observer
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Thousands roosting in a cave
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Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus)Observer
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Large colony under a bridge across the river at Lambarane
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Slit-faced Bats (Genus Nycteris)Observer
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One perched at night next to the trail
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Sierra Leone Free-tailed Bat (Mops brachypterus)Observer
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Forearm of 38mm, and tail of 28mm. Note the cavity/wound on the ventral side close to the wing membrane. Is it M. thersites or M. brachyptera or ...?
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Cyclops Roundleaf Bat (Doryrhina cyclops)Observer
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This animal was roosting in a hollow tree. When we took photos it flew and landed on the trunk. A large hipposideros with an estimated HB length of around 15 cm.
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Franquet's Epauletted Bat (Epomops franqueti)Observer
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One animal seen feeding. A relatively large fruit bat - I estimate the head body to be around 20 cm. Is it Franquet's?
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Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomophorus pusillus)Observer
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Many of these small fruit bats were roosting on the ceiling of the dining room of the Lope Hotel and under the roofs of the rooms. A dead one had a forearm of 130mm
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Egyptian Slit-faced Bat (Nycteris thebaica)Observer
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Hundreds or thousands in the cave
See my report on Mammal Watching: www.mammalwatching.com/2017/12/14/namibia-2017-not-big-5
