Welwitch's Bat

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Welwitch's Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Genus: Myotis Species: M. welwitschii
Binomial name
Myotis welwitschii (Gray, 1866)

The Welwitch's Bat (Myotis welwitschii) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

[edit] Source

• Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W. & Taylor, P. 2004. Myotis welwitschii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.