Cistugidae
Author
Don E. Wilson
Author
Russell A. Mittermeier
text
2019
2019-10-31
Lynx Edicions
Barcelona
Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats
710
715
book chapter
3260
10.5281/zenodo.5732526
ee529066-6276-4c2d-9478-8a08a272b5aa
978-84-16728-19-0
5732526
Family
CISTUGIDAE
(WING-GLAND BATS)
• Small, pipistrelle-like bats, with no special nose appendage, rather small ears, elongated tragus, and one or several small, translucent glands on wing membranes.
• 7-10 cm.
• Afrotropical Region.
• Rocky outcrops in arid habitats, grasslands, and shrublands, often close to water.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 2 taxa.
• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.