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.