Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Chiroptera > Miniopteridae > Miniopterus > Miniopterus natalensisMiniopterus natalensis (Natal Long-Fingered Bat)Synonyms: Miniopterus natalensis natalensis; Miniopterus schreibersii dasythrix; Miniopterus schreibersii smitianus; Miniopterus smitianus; Vespertilio dasythrix; Vespertilio natalensis The Natal long-fingered bat (Miniopterus natalensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.It is found in these habitats: dry savanna, moist savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, caves, and hot deserts.It is threatened by habitat loss. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 11 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 3 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Aerial [2] | 100 % | | | Female Maturity [1] | 1 year 10 months | | Male Maturity [1] | 2 years | | | Gestation [1] | 3 months 23 days | | Litter Size [1] | 1 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 22 years | | Nocturnal [2] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 2.362 inches (6 cm) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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