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Taphozous melanopogon (bat)

Mass: 25.5 g based on Borissenko and Kruskop 2003 and Ingle and Heaney 1992

Diet: insectivore based on McKenzie et al. 1995

Abundance: 1.19 to 1.43%

Latitudinal range: 22.2° to 25.7°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

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Found in two samples

China: Macau

India: Kiradu

Size measurements:
♀ body mass23.6 gN = 1Borissenko and Kruskop 2003
♀ body mass30.7 gN = 1Borissenko and Kruskop 2003
body mass20 gN = 1Ingle and Heaney 1992
body mass29 gN = 1Ingle and Heaney 1992

See also Taphozous, Taphozous australis, Taphozous mauritanicus, Taphozous nudiventris, Taphozous perforates, Taphozous sp.

Current reference: Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)