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MammalMAP:   3487
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431BA
Observer:   Kinghorn John
Date of record:   2012-08-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Identified by the large roost number (indicating Free Tailed Bats) and the fact that these individuals had a cream underbelly extending to the chest/throat area (ruling out the other Free Tailed species in the area)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   181860
Species name:   Mops (Mops) condylurus
Common name:   Angolan Free-tailed Bat -- Angolan Free-tailed Bat
Family:   Molossidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Angolan free Tailed Bat (Mops condylurus)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-3487
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3487 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2012-09-05 12:27:22
Species name:   Mops (Mops) condylurus -- Angolan Free-tailed Bat; Angolan Free-tailed Bat
Species code:   181860
Comment number:   2
By:   Julio Balona
Comment:  
Date:   2014-10-04 17:12:07
Species name:   Mops (Mops) condylurus -- Angolan Free-tailed Bat; Angolan Free-tailed Bat
Species code:   181860

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