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Scotophilus heathii (greater Asiatic yellow bat)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The greater Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus heathii) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Like many bats, females have delayed ovulation, with the ability to store sperm. This makes them particularly of interest to biologists. Studies have shown that seasonal changes in hormones allow them to deposit fat before the onset of winter. It is named after Josiah Marshall Heath, who presented the type specimen to the Zoological Society of London.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  34.6 grams
Birth Weight [2]  5 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  100 %
Forages - Aerial [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  6 months 13 days
Gestation [2]  3 months 24 days
Litter Size [2]  2
Litters / Year [2]  1
Nocturnal [3]  Yes

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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudophysaloptera scotophili <Unverified Name>[4]
Seuratum indicum <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403
♦ 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
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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