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Previous records of this species were from Odomi Jongo in the Volta Region (USNM) and from Bismarckburg, Misahohé, Aledjo, Atakpamé, Evou, Ezimé, Fazao, Odjolo, Plateau Akpossi in
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). This is a small fruit bat similar in appearance to
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captured at the beginning of dry season in 1999,
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was much less common than
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<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF8AFFA1FBFD4FF1FB59F8B9" box="[1079,1193,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="268">M. pusillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<specimenCount id="9D58FD0EFF8AFFA1FB7C4FF0FAB9F8B9" box="[1206,1353,1778,1804]" pageId="17" pageNumber="268" type="generic">23 specimens</specimenCount>
;
<tableCitation id="C6DC033CFF8AFFA1FA9B4FF0FA51F8B9" box="[1361,1441,1778,1804]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="8.[133,144,219,237]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="TABLE 2. — Non-flying small mammal species trapped or observed at six sites in the Volta Region of Ghana. Symbols for specimen origin: 1, specimen brought to us from nearby unspecified locality; 2, specimen brought to us by local hunter; 3, observed or signs and local informants. Abbreviations: F, forest; S, savanna, F/S, occurs in forest and savanna. Note: *, relative biomass is calculated from average weights of trapped species × number of individuals caught at that site/100 trap nights." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF21660FFF93FFB8FF4F49D9FEDDFE84" pageId="17" pageNumber="268" tableUuid="DF21660FFF93FFB8FF4F49D9FEDDFE84">Table 2</tableCitation>
). The seasonal occurrence could be explained by the migratory behavior of this species, which was shown to follow the progression of the rains northward to savanna areas (
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,
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). Similarly, at Mount Nimba,
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Wolton
<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF8AFFA1FCE74E90FC91F81E" box="[813,865,1937,1963]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="268">et al.</emphasis>
(1982)
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did not obtain this species at all between early July and early September, whereas it was common there at other times of the year (
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Monadjem
<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF8AFFA1FB674ED0FB11F85E" box="[1197,1249,2001,2027]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="268">et al.</emphasis>
2016
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). During the African Small Mammal Project, between
<date id="FFE01047FF89FFA2FD8049DAFF4DFEA4" pageId="18" pageNumber="269" value="1968-01" valueMax="1968-06-31" valueMin="1968-01-00">January and June 1968</date>
(
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), no
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<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF89FFA2FE5C49FAFDD0FEA4" box="[406,544,247,273]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="269">N. veldkampi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were encountered, yet the same Project captured
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20
<taxonomicName id="4C5E4D04FF89FFA2FE74481AFE2EFE84" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1868" box="[446,478,280,305]" class="Mammalia" family="Pteropodidae" genus="Micropteropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="269" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusillus">
<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF89FFA2FE74481AFE2EFE84" box="[446,478,280,305]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="269">M.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
pusillus in
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and
<collectingCountry id="F3497617FF89FFA2FD774815FCF1FE84" box="[701,769,279,305]" name="Benin" pageId="18" pageNumber="269">Benin</collectingCountry>
. During a study on the Accra Plains between
<date id="FFE01047FF89FFA2FD924835FCF7FEE4" box="[600,775,311,337]" pageId="18" pageNumber="269" value="1991-11">November 1991</date>
and
<date id="FFE01047FF89FFA2FF7E4855FED5FEC4" box="[180,293,343,369]" pageId="18" pageNumber="269" value="1992-06">June 1992</date>
no
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<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF89FFA2FE99485AFE12FEC4" box="[339,482,343,369]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="269">N. veldkampi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were encountered, but
<specimenCount id="9D58FD0EFF89FFA2FD234855FF56FE25" pageId="18" pageNumber="269" type="generic">
45
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<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF89FFA2FF4C4875FF56FE25" box="[134,166,375,400]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="269">M.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
pusillus were captured (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF4B76FF89FFA2FE6D4875FDCFFE24" author="DECHER J." box="[423,575,375,401]" pageId="18" pageNumber="269" pagination="129 - 142" refId="ref17648" refString="DECHER J. 1997 a. - Bat community patterns on the Accra Plains of Ghana, West Africa. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 62: 129 - 142." type="journal article" year="1997">Decher 1997a</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C344650CFF89FFA2FF4E48C0FDD7FD9D" pageId="18" pageNumber="269" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="8BE13687FF89FFA2FF4E48C0FDD7FD9D" blockId="18.[132,777,448,552]" pageId="18" pageNumber="269">
CONSERVATION STATUS. —
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<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF89FFA2FE5348C3FD86FE6D" box="[409,630,448,472]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="269">Nanonyteris veldkampi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is classified as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List. Its migratory behavior and dependence on forest remnants still need to be investigated in more detail in the Ghana-Togo Highlands.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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