Micropteropus pusillus (bat)

Mass: 26.1 g based on Jones 1971, Kock et al. 2002, Djossa et al. 2008, Stephan et al. 1981, and Thomas 1984

Diet: frugivore based on Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002

Abundance: 1.20 to 77.78% (median 21.09%)

Latitudinal range: -5.0° to 13.4°

Habitats: montane grassland (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (6)

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Found in 12 samples

Central African Republic: Bohou River (bats)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kikwit, Kinzambi Mission

Equatorial Guinea: Mount Nimba (dry season), Mount Nimba (wet season)

Gambia: Abuko Nature Reserve

Ghana: Shai Hills North

Guinea: Forêt Classée du Pic de Fon

Nigeria: Amurum Forest Reserve (farmland), Amurum Forest Reserve (gallery forest), Amurum Forest Reserve (rocky outcrop), Amurum Forest Reserve (savannah)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass26.3 gN = 8Jones 1971
♀ body mass33 gN = 1Kock et al. 2002
♂ body mass28.2 gN = 4Jones 1971
♂ body mass26.5 gN = 1Kock et al. 2002
body mass24 gN = 1Djossa et al. 2008
body mass25 gN = 8Stephan et al. 1981
body mass18 gN = 1Thomas 1984
body mass20 gN = 1Thomas 1984
body mass22 gN = 1Thomas 1984
body mass25 gN = 1Thomas 1984
body mass30 gN = 1Thomas 1984
body mass30 gN = 1Thomas 1984
body mass31 gN = 1Thomas 1984
body mass32 gN = 1Thomas 1984

See also Micropteropus