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MammalMAP:   43007
Province:  
Country:   Nigeria
Locus:   NE_011009CB
Observer:   Danazumi
Date of record:   2023-11-03
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-11-03 16:17:28
Sp. code:   167257
Species name:   ORDER Chiroptera
Common name:   Unidentified bat
Family:  
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-43007
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 43007 - photo: 1
VM-number: 43007 - photo: 2
VM-number: 43007 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Perhaps a Straw-coloured Fruit Bat? (The most widely distributed of all the African megabats). More than 100 bat species have already been discovered in Nigeria, e.g. https://animalia.bio/lists/country/bats-of-nigeria. New species discovered fairly recently include: https://www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/news/ten-bat-species-new-nigeria/
Date:   2023-11-03 16:17:28
Species name:   ORDER Chiroptera -- Unidentified bat
Species code:   167257

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