Hayman's Fruit Bat
Scotonycteris occidentalis Hayman, 1947
Also calledHayman-Harlekinflughund (deu) · Haymans Harlekin-Flughund (deu) · Scotonyctère de Hayman (fra) · Scotonyctére de Hayman (fra)
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activity
Activity patterns. Frequencies of captured Hayman’s Fruit Bats had two distinct activity peaks: 21: 00 - 23: 00 h and 02: 00 - 04: 30 h.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Primary, closed forests and their edges, large areas of secondary vegetation, and cultivated land from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 530 m.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Hayman’s Fruit Batis likely a yearround resident. In the Tai National Park, individuals were frequently recaptured during a period of six months to two years very close (less than 400 m) to the location where they were originally captured, suggesting that home ranges are very small and site fidelity is very high.
Pteropodidae
breeding
Breeding. Female Hayman’s Fruit Bats give birth to one young and are probably seasonally bimodal monoestrous, with pregnancies inJanuary-February andJuly-November and lactating females in February — - April (onset of wet season) and October — December (end of wet season). One pregnant female was found in August on Mount Nimba (Liberia).
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11203132.