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Vespertilionidae
Please help, I do not know bats at all, this one was found inside my sons house
Hi Daniele, thanks for sharing it with the Bats of Africa mission!
It's definitely a vesper bat, and belonging to a group commonly called "pipistrelles" or "pipisistrelle bats". Unfortunately, in the region of your spotting there are quite a few candidates from different genera (e.g. Pipistrellus sp., Neoromicia sp., Hypsugo sp.), so we can't say much more than that it is a nice observation of a cute insect eater that reduces the biting bugs around your sons' house ;-)
Keep an eye out for other bats, hopefully you'll spot one that is easier to identify!
Hi Altha! Adding it to this mission will help it being noticed and identified:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2464...