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Nycticeinops schlieffenii (Schlieffen's bat)

Synonyms: Nycticeinops schlieffeni; Nycticeius schlieffeni; Nycticejus schlieffenii

Wikipedia Abstract

Schlieffen's bat or Schlieffen's twilight bat (Nycticeinops schlieffeni) is a species of vesper bat found in Africa. It has been placed in numerous genera since its first description in 1859, but morphological and genetic studies have confirmed it as the only species in the genus Nycticeinops. It is named for the collector of the original specimen, Wilhelm von Schlieffen-Schlieffiennburg.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.9 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  100 %
Gestation [3]  79 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [3]  1
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  2.362 inches (6 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Etosha National Park II 5699141 Namibia  
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve   Mpumalanga, South Africa  
Mlawula Nature Reserve IV 46444 Swaziland  
West Caprivi Game Reserve Game Park VI 1448182 Namibia  

Predators

Macheiramphus alcinus (Bat Hawk)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nycticeinops schlieffeni, Dave S. Johnston, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 798, pp. 1-4 (2006)
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
3Nathan 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
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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