Monday, December 2, 2013

Injured microbat ( House bat, Scotophilus sp. ) rescued at school today by Mr Miguel





Other English names are "insectivorous bats", "echolocating bats", "small bats" or "true bats". All these names are somewhat inaccurate, because not all microbats feed on insects, and some of them are larger than small megabats (The fruit eaters). Please note,It is advisable not to pick up any bat without protective clothing because of the risk of diseases like rabies.
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  1. AfriBatsDecember 16, 2013 at 8:04 AM

    Would you add your bat photo as a citizen-science observation to the AfriBats project on iNaturalist?:
    http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/afribats

    AfriBats will use your observations to better understand bat distributions and help protect bats in Africa.

    Please locate your picture on the map as precisely as possible to maximise the scientific value of your records.

    Many thanks!

    PS: it's a house bat, Scotophilus sp.

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