Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon
Author
Mongombe, Aaron Manga
Department of Biological Sciences; Faculty of Science; University of Maroua, Cameroon, P. O. Box 814, Maroua (Cameroon) mangajes @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
mangajes@gmail.com
Author
Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo
Department of Biological Sciences; Faculty of Science; University of Maroua, Cameroon, P. O. Box 814, Maroua (Cameroon) filsbkw 27 @ gmail. com
Author
Tamesse, Joseph Lebel
Department of Biological sciences, Higher Teacher’s Training College, University of Yaoundé I, P. O Box 812, Yaoundé (Cameroon) jltamesse @ yahoo. fr
jltamesse@yahoo.fr
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Zoosystema
2020
2020-09-24
42
24
483
514
journal article
9780
10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a24
01351e5b-e27f-4b12-aa0f-ab91055f8af7
1638-9387
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4369E104-E14C-4436-9B57-6C38A6AEBE65
Chaerephon major
(Trouessart, 1897)
(
Fig. 16
,
Table 3
)
Nyctinomus (Nyctinomus) pumilus
var. major Trouessart, 1897: 146.
COMMON NAME. — English: Large Wrinkle-lipped Bat. French: Tadaride à oreillettes.
MATERIAL
EXAMINED. —
1 specimen
(see
Table 1
).
ORIGINAL
DATA. — During our field surveys, a single male was captured above a stream in cultivated farm at an altitude of
20 m
a.s.l. This specimen was the first recorded from Mount
Cameroon
area. We did not examine any museum specimens belonging to this species.
DIAGNOSIS. — The measurement of the forearm is
42.4 mm
(
Table 3
), that fits well within the range of
Chaerephon major
(
Happold
2013g
, as
Tadarida majo
r). A distinct central lappet of skin projects between inner bases of ears. The dorsal and ventral pelage is greyish-brown, with a white central area and whitish flank-stripe ventrally. Other external measurements fit within those provided by
Happold (
2013g
)
by
Happold (
2013g
)
(
Table 3
).
HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This lowland species is found throughout much of West Africa, as well as along the Nile River from
Sudan
to
Uganda
. It has also been recorded in
Uganda
,
Kenya
and
Tanzania
(
Happold
2013g
as
Tadarida major
).
In
Cameroon
, the species has been recorded previously in the Sahelian zone of northern
Cameroon
(
Bakwo Fils et al. 2014
)
The species primarily inhabits savannahs but has also been recorded in rainforest habitats where it roosts in hollow trees and holes in walls of buildings (
Happold
2013g
). It is threatened in some part of its range by habitat loss and disturbance of old building (
Monadjem
et al.
2017b
).