Biology:Greater mouse-tailed bat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinopomatidae |
| Genus: | Rhinopoma |
| Species: | R. microphyllum
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich, 1792)
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The greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) is a species of bat in the Rhinopomatidae family.[2]
Range and habitat
It is found in Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India , Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan , Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Western Sahara, and Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Biology and ecology
According to a recent research published in Royal Society of London, the greater mouse-tailed bat hibernates at the unusually warm and constant temperature of 68 °F in caves in Israel's Great Rift Valley. From October to February, these bats were discovered semi-conscious, breathing only once every 15–30 minutes, with extremely low energy expenditures.[3]
The species Rhinopoma microphyllum eats exclusively insects.[4] A study on its diet revealed that the species is primarily a Coleoptera feeder in both maternity and summer quarters, although a more diverse feeding habit is found in the summer roosts. Other prey types include Diptera, Neuroptera and Hymenoptera.[5] They mate at the beginning of spring.
References
- ↑ Monadjem, A.; Palmeirim, J.; Aulagnier, S. (2017). "Rhinopoma microphyllum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T19600A21998943. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19600A21998943.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19600/21998943. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Schlitter, Duane A.; Qumsiyeh, Mazin B. (1996). "Rhinopoma microphyllum". Mammalian Species (542): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3504243. https://academic.oup.com/mspecies/article-pdf/doi/10.2307/3504243/8071428/542-1.pdf.
- ↑ Eran Levin; Brit Plotnik; Eran Amichai; Luzie J. Braulke; Shmulik Landau; Yoram Yom-Tov; Noga Kronfeld-Schor (April 2015). "Subtropical mouse-tailed bats use geothermally heated caves for winter hibernation". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1804): 20142781. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.2781. PMID 25740890. PMC 4375864. http://www.sciguru.org/newsitem/18645/bat-species-first-mammal-found-hibernating-constant-warm-temperatures.
- ↑ Krause, Jennifer. "Great Mouse-Tailed Rat". http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/animals/bat.htm..[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Hemmati, Zeinab; Sharifi, Mozafar. "Variation in the Diet of the Greater Mouse-Tailed Bat, Rhinopoma Microphyllum (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae) in South-Western Iran." Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/09397140.2002.10637923.
Wikidata ☰ Q1830890 entry
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