First record of Straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) for the Cape Verde Islands
- On 8 September 2010, at 9:45 AM, a fruit bat was seen flying at a height of ca. 2 m over the sea off Ervatão, southeastern Boavista, Cape Verde Islands (16º 02’ N, 22º 41’ W). After a while, the animal landed in the beach vegetation. When captured, it did not offer any resistance to being handled and it was taken to the nearby sea turtle station, operated by the NGO Cabo Verde Natura 2000. The bat – which proved to be a female – was placed in an improvised cage made of plastic netting where it eagerly fed on the food provided, i.e. tomato, apple and banana. At 16:00 PM, the following biometric data were taken: head width 31.6 mm, humerus 81.1 mm, ulna 121.2 mm, tarsus 49.7 mm. When restrained for taking body measurements, the bat attempted to defend itself with its mouth.
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| Author: | Saray Jiménez, Cornelis J. Hazevoet |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369930 |
| ISSN: | 2074-5737 |
| Parent Title (Multiple languages): | Zoologia Caboverdiana = Revista da Sociedade Cabo Veriana de Zoologia |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2015/02/10 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2010 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2015/02/10 |
| Tag: | Cape Verde Islands; Chiroptera; Eidolon helvum; Pteropodidae; distribution |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page Number: | 3 |
| First Page: | 116 |
| Last Page: | 118 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 368302032 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Zoologia Caboverdiana / Zoologia Caboverdiana Vol. 1, No. 2 (2010) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369608 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
