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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:
This species has typically been recorded in dry savanna, coastal shrub and desert, or semi-desert habitats. It is possibly a cave roosting species, however, a number of animals were found in a house at Nakuru, Kenya, by Hayman (1954).
Range:
This little known species has been recorded from only a few localities. It has been reported from Eritrea (including the type locality of Keren [Heuglin 1862]), Ethiopia (including Sidamo in southern Ethiopia [Meester and Setzer 1971]), Kenya (where it has been recorded from the localities of Kinangop and Nakuru [Hayman 1954]), Somalia, Djibouti [Legendre 1982; Pearch et al. 2001] and from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia (Gaucher and Brosset 1990). Animals have been reported at elevations of up to 2,000 m Asl.
Conservation:
There are no direct conservation measures in place for this species. It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Additional studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, general ecology and threats to this little-known species.