The mauritian Tomb Bat is common and widespread. They roost in rock crevasses and holes in trees, usually in small colonies,

---

The mauritian Tomb Bat is common and widespread. They roost in rock crevasses and holes in trees, usually in small coloies, though large numbers can congregate at times. They are fast flying insectivores.

---

Size: 3800px × 4235px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: agile, ancestors, bat, blooded, canopy, chiroptera, colony, day-roosts, distribution, ears, echolocation, emballonuridae, environment, eocene, evolution, fast, fawn, flying, forests, furry, gestation, gland, gliding, habitat, hawking, insectivore, leaf, loading, mammal, mammary, mauritanus, mauritian, megabats, membrane, microbats, migratory, milk, morphology, muzzle, nocturnal, nose, patchy, pelage, phalanges, portrait, profile, pteroodidae, resting, savanna, single, small, sociable, taphozous, tomb, tropical, vertebrate, warm, widespread, wildlife, wing, young