Biology:Natal long-fingered bat
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Short description: Species of bat
| Natal long-fingered bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Miniopteridae |
| Genus: | Miniopterus |
| Species: | M. natalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Miniopterus natalensis A. Smith, 1834
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| Natal long-fingered bat distribution
Extant (resident)
Possibly extant (resident)
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The Natal long-fingered bat (Miniopterus natalensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. It can be found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa , South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is found in dry savanna, moist savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, caves, and hot deserts.[1]
While Natal long-fingered bats normally prey on insects, they can sometimes prey on fish. For this, the long-fingered bats have been able to use their primary ability to react to a disappearing target in order to catch moving fish by reaching deeper in the water when a fish dives.[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monadjem, A.; Griffin, M.; Cotterill, F.P.D.; Jacobs, D.; Taylor, P.J. (2017). "Miniopterus natalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44862A22073129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44862A22073129.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44862/22073129. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Aizpurua, Ostaizka; Alberdi, Antton; Aihartza, Joxerra; Garin, Inazio (2016). "Fishing technique of long-fingered bats was developed from a primary reaction to disappearing target stimuli". PLOS ONE 11 (12): e0167164. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167164. PMID 27973529. Bibcode: 2016PLoSO..1167164A.
Wikidata ☰ Q2047785 entry
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