Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Molossidae
Chaerephon
Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae

description: 58. Duke of Abruzzi’s Free-tailed Bat <i>Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae</i> <b>French:</b> Tadaride du Duc des Abruzzes / <b>German:</b> Flrst-von-Abruzzen-Bulldogfledermaus / Spanish: Caerepon del Duque de los Abruzos <b>Other common names:</b> Abruzzi's Wrinkle-lipped Bat, Duke of Abruzzi's Wrinkle-lipped Bat <b>Taxonomy.</b> Nyctinomus aloysu-sabaudiae Festa, 1907, Toro, western Uganda. This species is monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> Known from around 50 localities within the rainforest zone in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda; it may occur in Republic of the Congo. <b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head-body c¢.74-86 mm, tail 34-46 mm, ear 19-25 mm, hindfoot 10-14 mm, forearm 48-53 mm; weight 18-38 g. Pelage of the Duke of Abruzz1’s Free-tailed Bat is short, sparse on nape, extending dorsally over rump and onto interfemoral membrane. Pelage is chocolate-brown to dark rusty brown above, with a bright rusty-orange morph, sometimes with small, diffuse whitish spots or scattered whitish hairs; flanks are dark brown, paler below and suffused with grayish fawn, with no mid-ventral markings, and long hairs on flanks same color as belly. Upper lip has 8-9 well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Ears are blackish brown, broad, not quite reaching snout when laid forward; inner margins are joined by interaural band across forehead, which projects forward as a knob-like protuberance (containing a backward-opening interaural pocket) that almost covers snout. This pocket contains dark brown erectile hairs that can be erected to form a crest in both sexes. Tragus is small, tip bluntly pointed, concealed by antitragus which is roughly semicircular. Wing and tail membranes are blackish brown. There is no gular gland. Braincase is long and narrow, not dorso-ventrally flattened. Palatal emargination is closed with two foramina and basisphenoid pits are deep. M? has third ridge almost as long as second ridge. P* is equalin size to P* in males, but smaller than P* in females. Dental formula for all members of Chaerephonis11/2,C1/1,P 2/2, M 3/3 (x2) = 30. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 48 and FNa = 66. <b>Habitat.</b> Lowland rainforest, montane forest, swamp forest, flooded grassland, forestsavanna mosaics, Guinea woodland, and forest clearings, from low altitudes up to 1200 m. <b>Food and Feeding.</b> No information. <b>Breeding.</b> No information. <b>Activity patterns.</b> Duke of Abruzzi’s Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal. Most individuals were netted over water or in clearings, but one individual was obtained from a day roost in a crevice in the trunk of an Isoberlinia doka (Fabaceae) tree. <b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> Duke of Abruzzi’s Free-tailed Bats are found in small groups. The individual obtained from a day roost in an Isoberlinia doka tree was found along with a large roost of ¢.150 Angolan Free-tailed Bats (Mops condylurus). <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red Lust. <b>Bibliography.</b> Fahr (2013u), Monadjem, Fahr, Hutson et al. (2017a).
description: Published as part of <i>Don E. Wilson &amp; Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Molossidae, pp. 598-672 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions</i> on page 645, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6418279