Myotis bocagii (Peters, 1870)

Mongombe, Aaron Manga, Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo & Tamesse, Joseph Lebel, 2020, Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon, Zoosystema 42 (24), pp. 483-514 : 507

Myotis bocagii (Peters, 1870)

Vespertilio bocagii Peters, 1870: 125 .

COMMON NAME. — English: Rufous mouse-eared bat. French: Murin roux.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen.

Other localities of Cameroon • 1 specimen; Ayos; 3°32’24”N, 12°32’39”E; Reichenow Anton leg.; ZMB 40656 .

ORIGINAL DATA. — This species was not trapped during our field surveys.Two individuals of this species had previously been recorded at the beach in Batoke and in disturbed forest and plantations ( Fedden & MacLeod 1986), but this species was not sampled during our field surveys.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa ( Monadjem et al. 2016), from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and southward to northeastern South Africa. This species inhabits tropical rainforest and wooded savannah where it roosts singly or in small groups within hollow trees, furled leaves, and under dead leaves of banana plants ( Happold 1987; Monadjem et al. 2010 a; Happold 2013l). Happold (1987) noted that this species prefers habitats close to rivers and streams, bordered by forest perhaps because they hunt prey above water bodies.