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MammalMAP:   21937
Province:   Hhohho District
Country:   eSwatini
Locus:   2631AA
Observer:   Braun K
Date of record:   2017-07-13
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   182640
Species name:   Tadarida aegyptiaca
Common name:   Egyptian Free-tailed Bat -- Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
Family:   Molossidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   bat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-21937
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 21937 - photo: 1
VM-number: 21937 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2018-04-30 19:43:38
Species name:   ORDER Chiroptera -- Unidentified bat
Species code:   167257
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Dr Ara Monajem to Kate Braun... "free-tailed bat (Molossidae) - you can see the "free" tail clearly. What distinguishes Tadarida from Mops or Chaerephon are the attachment of the ears. The two ears do not actually connect, but instead are separately by a very narrow furrow. This is Tadarida aegyptiaca."
Date:   2019-11-16 12:48:04
Species name:   Tadarida aegyptiaca -- Egyptian Free-tailed Bat; Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
Species code:   182640

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