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MammalMAP:   10289
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CB
Observer:   Kassier D.O.
Date of record:   2014-06-15
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Found hanging from roof beam in Kindergarten. After not moving for a couple of days we realized it was dead.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   187040
Species name:   Neoromicia capensis
Common name:   Cape Serotine -- Cape Serotine Bat
Family:   Vespertilionidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Tomb Bat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-10289
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10289 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10289 - photo: 2
VM-number: 10289 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2014-06-18 15:58:02
Species name:   Taphozous (Taphozous) mauritianus -- Mauritian Tomb Bat; Mauritian Tomb Bat
Species code:   175880
Comment number:   2
By:   Julio Balona
Comment:   Looks superficially like a Mauritian tomb bat without zooming in, but on closer inspection is a Cape serotine, based on appearance and location.
Date:   2014-10-04 08:39:43
Species name:   Neoromicia capensis -- Cape Serotine; Cape Serotine Bat
Species code:   187040

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