Miniopterus cf. fraterculus Thomas and

Monadjem, Ara, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Reside, April, P Io, Dorothea V., Stoffberg, Samantha, Bayliss, Julian, (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D., Curran, Michael, Kopp, Mirjam & Taylor, Peter J., 2010, A recent inventory of the bats of Mozambique with documentation of seven new species for the country, Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2), pp. 371-391 : 385

Miniopterus cf. fraterculus Thomas and

Schwann 1906

Five adult male bats referable to this species were captured on the lower slopes of Mount Namuli, with further specimens from Mount Mabu in northern Mozambique. The two specimens that were collected had greatest skull lengths of 14.3 and 14.8 mm, with head lengths of 16.0 and 16.2 mm, respectively. The three released individuals had head lengths of 15.8, 16.1 and 16.8 mm. These head and skull measurements are significantly shorter than Miniopterus natalensis but within the range of M. fraterculus . The closest population of M. fraterculus to that on Mount Namuli (and the nearby Mount Zomba in neighbouring Malawi) is> 1000 km away in South Africa ( Monadjem et al., 2010) suggesting that this isolated population may be specifically distinct.

Field measurements: FA (adult male) 43.7 ± 0.95 (42.1–44.5, 5); Bm (adult male) 8.0 ± 0.35 (7.5– 8.5, 5).