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Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Epomophorus wahlbergi

Description:

Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat is brown to tawny colored with white hair patches at the base of the ears. Males are typically darker in coloration than females.[1] This species is named for erectable epaulettes of hair that form around large scent glands in males only.[2][3] Males are also distinguished from females by air sacs on the neck that may increase the volume of courtship calls.[4] Scent glands are located near the white ear patches in both sexes.[3] Wings are broad as compared to other bat species.[5] Adult wingspan is 510–600 mm (20–24 in) and 456–540 mm (18.0–21 in) for males and females, respectively. Adults weight 54–125 g

Habitat:

Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat is found across southern Africa in forest, shrubland, and savanna habitats at altitudes from sea level up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft).[4][9] Populations have also been found in wooded urban areas and roosting in man-made structures

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9 Comments

Jared Hersch
Jared Hersch 10 years ago

Done! Thanks Karen!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Please consider adding this to the Bats of Africa mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2464...

Jared Hersch
Jared Hersch 11 years ago

Thanks Jakubko!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Awesome!

Jared Hersch
Jared Hersch 11 years ago

Man we had to climb a really tall tree to get this shot and to make it harder it was pitch dark, so to locate and focus a shot was a nightmare!

keaganbadenhorst
keaganbadenhorst 11 years ago

wow, love the picture. interesting angle, how did you manage that?

Jared Hersch
Jared Hersch 11 years ago

Thanks guys, will do Maria. This is by far the noisiest bat I have ever come across!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Very nice! You could add this to the Bat monitoring mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/6543...

Neilen Joyce
Neilen Joyce 11 years ago

DUDE!!!!! How awesome is that...nice man!!!

Jared Hersch
Spotted by
Jared Hersch

Bitou Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Feb 16, 2013
Submitted on Feb 27, 2013

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