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  1. The incidence of torpor in winter and summer in the Angolan free-tailed bat, <em>Mops condylurus</em> (Microchiroptera: Molossidae), in a subtropical environment, Mpumulanga, South Africa

    The incidence of torpor in winter and summer in the Angolan free-tailed bat, Mops condylurus (Microchiroptera: Molossidae), in a subtropical environment, Mpumulanga, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: L. Vivier --- Zoology Department, South Africa M. van der Merwe --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa
    The incidence of torpor during summer and winter in response to cold exposure in Mops condylurus was studied in a subtropical environment. Body temperature changes under natural roosting conditions during winter and summer were monitored using bats fitted with temperature-sensitive...
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  2. Molossid bats in an African agro-ecosystem select sugarcane fields as foraging habitat

    Molossid bats in an African agro-ecosystem select sugarcane fields as foraging habitat

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Christina Lehmkuhl Noer --- Animal Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Biology, Denmark Torben Dabelsteen --- Animal Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Biology, Denmark Kristine Bohmann --- Section for Evolutionary Genomics, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark Ara Monadjem --- All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland
    Two coexisting species of African molossids, the little free-tailed bat, Chaerephon pumilus, and the Angolan free-tailed bat, Mops condylurus, were studied in the lowveld of Swaziland. Nine C. pumilus and five M. condylurus, all non-lactating females, were radio-tracked in order...
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  3. The status of <em>Sauromys petrophilus</em> and <em>Chaerephon pumilus</em> (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

    The status of Sauromys petrophilus and Chaerephon pumilus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: David S. Jacobs --- Department of Zoology, South Africa M. Brock Fenton --- Department of Biology, Canada
    Chaerephon pumilus is widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa, with an outlying southern population near the Cape which is based primarily on records of specimens captured at the Algeria Forestry Station (32°22’S, 19°03’E) in South Africa. Sauromys petrophilus, a flat-headed...
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  4. An analysis of Bat Hawk <em>Macheiramphus alcinus</em> diet in the Melaky Region of lowland western Madagascar

    An analysis of Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus diet in the Melaky Region of lowland western Madagascar

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Steven M Goodman --- Field Museum of Natural History, USA Stéphanie VJ Razakaratrimo --- Peregrine Fund Madagascar, Madagascar Lily-Arison Réné de Roland --- Peregrine Fund Madagascar, Madagascar
    We present information on the prey taken by the Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus in two different areas of lowland western central Madagascar. These are the first dietary data from Madagascar for this widespread Old World species. The recovered remains were...
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