Percival's trident bat (Redirected from Cloeotis)
Percival's trident bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Rhinonycteridae |
Genus: | Cloeotis Thomas, 1901 |
Species: | C. percivali
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Binomial name | |
Cloeotis percivali Thomas, 1901
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Percival's trident bat core range |
Percival's trident bat (Cloeotis percivali) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is monotypic within the genus Cloeotis. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, with its core distribution in Southern Africa. It has been reported from Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are savannas where there are suitable caves and mine tunnels that it can use for roosting. Colonies are never large (no more than about 300 individuals). Local numbers fluctuate greatly. Colonies can disappear, perhaps because they move to another place or go extinct.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Hipposideridae
- Bats of Africa
- Mammals of Botswana
- Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mammals of Eswatini
- Mammals of Kenya
- Mammals of Mozambique
- Mammals of South Africa
- Mammals of Tanzania
- Mammals of Zambia
- Mammals of Zimbabwe
- Mammals described in 1901
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Hipposideridae stubs