CISTUGIDAE, Lack, Roehrs, Stanley, Ruedi & Van Den Bussche, 2010

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Cistugidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 710-715 : 710

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5732526
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6587493
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scientific name	CISTUGIDAE
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Family CISTUGIDAE View in CoL

(WING-GLAND BATS)

• Small, pipistrelle-like bats, with no special nose appendage, rather small ears, elongated tragus, and one or several small, translucent glands on wing membranes.

• 7-10 cm. View Figure

• Afrotropical Region. View Figure

• Rocky outcrops in arid habitats, grasslands, and shrublands, often close to water.

• 1 genus, 2 species, 2 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.