Description

Activity patterns. Angolan Wing-gland Bats are nocturnal and seenflying shortlyafter sunset, suggesting relatively early night-time activity. They have been observed resting in an unused building at midnight, indicating that main periods of hunting activityin early and late night are interspersed byresting, as is typical of other insectivorous bats. Roosting habits of Angolan Wing-gland Bats are largely unknown, but caves orcrevices are likely their natural roosting sites. Some captured bats were active during austral winter, suggesting that they might not hibernate. Echolocationcalls are typical of lowduty echolocating bats, with strongly FM initial component terminating with short CF component. Call parameters (mean + SD) recorded in Northern Cape Province of South Africa are: peak frequencyof 48 - 5 + 0 - 7 kHz, bandwidth of 24 - 4 + 10 - 8 kHz, and duration of 3 - 1 + 0 - 7 milliseconds.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Cistugidae

Genus: Cistugo

Species: Cistugo seabrae Thomas, 1912