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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 been recorded from several forest types including lowland and montane tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest and swamp forest. Happold (1987) reported that in Nigeria, the species is found in 'the rainforest zone east of the Niger River'. It may use the nests of weaver birds and sunbirds, and tree cavities as roosting sites (Happold 1987). It is not known if the species is adaptable to habitat disturbance.
Range:
This African bat is known from scattered records in a distribution band ranging from Nigeria and Cameroon in the west, through the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to Uganda and Kenya in the east. Earlier records from Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia (Happold 1987; Koopman et al. 1995) appear to be in error (J. Fahr pers. comm. in Simmons 2005). It has been recorded at elevations of 900 to 2,800 m Asl.
Conservation:
It is not known if the species is present within any protected areas. Further studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, and general ecology of this apparently rare species.