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Chaerephon pumilus (little free-tailed bat)

Synonyms: Chaerephon pumila; Dysopes pumilus; Tadarida pumila

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.46
EDGE Score: 1.87
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11.2 grams
Birth Weight [1]  3.5 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  4 months 21 days
Gestation [1]  65 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [3]  3
Maximum Longevity [3]  5 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  3.937 inches (10 cm)
Weaning [1]  17 days

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve   Mpumalanga, South Africa  
Nechisar National Park II 256137 Ethiopia  
Reserve Forestiere et de Faune du Dja Wildlife Reserve IV 1551322 Cameroon  

Predators

Accipiter tachiro (African Goshawk)[1]
Falco subbuteo (Northern Hobby)[1]
Hieraaetus wahlbergi (Wahlberg's Eagle)[1]
Macheiramphus alcinus (Bat Hawk)[1]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Chaerephon pumilus, Sylvie Bouchard, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 574, pp. 1-6 (1998)
♦ 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
♦ 4International Flea Database
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