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Eonycteris spelaea (lesser dawn bat)

Synonyms: Eonycteris bernsteini

Wikipedia Abstract

Cave nectar bat (Eonycteris spelaea), common names also include dawn bat, common dawn bat, common nectar bat and lesser dawn bat , is a species of megabat within the genus Eonycteris. The scientific name of the species is first published by Dobson in 1871.
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Infraspecies

Eonycteris spelaea glandifera
Eonycteris spelaea rosenbergii
Eonycteris spelaea spelaea
Eonycteris spelaea winnyae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
29
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.15
EDGE Score: 2.65
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  53.9 grams
Birth Weight [2]  15 grams
Female Weight [2]  52 grams
Diet [3]  Nectarivore
Diet - Nectar [3]  100 %
Forages - Arboreal [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  11 months 27 days
Gestation [2]  5 months 2 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [2]  5 years
Nocturnal [4]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [2]  4.724 inches (12 cm)
Wing Span [1]  17 inches (.42 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Thaumapsylla breviceps orientalis[5]
Thaumapsylla longiforceps[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Habitat structure, wing morphology, and the vertical stratification of Malaysian fruit bats (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae), Robert Hodgkison, Sharon T. Balding, Akbar Zubaid and Thomas H. Kunz, Journal of Tropical Ecology (2004) 20:667–673
♦ 2Nathan 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
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 5International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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