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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
It can be characterised as a true lowland rainforest species. It roosts singly, in pairs or in very small groups in the cavities of fallen logs, in holes of living trees close to the ground and in road culverts (Happold 1987). It exhibits a definite preference for waterways, rivers and swamps. It does not occur in cleared areas outside forest.
Range:
The Benito roundleaf bat has been recorded from Sierra Leone eastwards across the forest zone west and central Africa, as far east as the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo border. There are records from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan. A previous report of this species in Central African Republic is in error, though it might occur in the south of that country. In Nigeria, it is widely distributed in the rainforest zone (Happold 1987).
Conservation:
It occurs in the Mount Allen National Park (Equatorial Guinea), and Garamba National Park (Democratic Republic of Congo), and presumably in several other protected areas.