The striped leaf-nosed bat, Macronycteris vittata, is a bat of eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia and Somalia through Kenya to Zambia and Mozambique, and south to Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia, with smaller scattered populations in Angola, the Central African Republic, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea and Nigeria. It was formerly considered part of Commerson's leaf-nosed bat, now viewed as restricted to Madagascar. It lives in caves and occasionally roosts in trees and under the eaves of buildings, most likely in woodland savanna but also in lowland tropical moist forest and up to 1,700 metres. Mining of limestone caves, disturbance by tourists and overhunting are reducing its numbers, and the IUCN lists it as Near Threatened. Colonies live in Tsavo and Kruger National Parks.
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Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsEnergy Production and Mining 2 ThreatsBiological Resource Use 2 ThreatsHuman Intrusions and Disturbance 2 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
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Angola · Botswana
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Angola · Botswana · Central African Republic
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Botswana · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire
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Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ethiopia
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Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ethiopia · Kenya
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Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi
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Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique
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Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia
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Mozambique · Namibia · Nigeria
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Namibia · Nigeria · Sierra Leone
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Nigeria · Sierra Leone · Somalia
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Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa
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Somalia · South Africa · Tanzania
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South Africa · Tanzania · Zambia
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Tanzania · Zambia · Zimbabwe
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Zambia · Zimbabwe
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1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros vittatus (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3962 Hipposideros vittatus Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 13.94 "Ref_2, Ref_3" 0
MamFuncDat.txt, row Hipposideros vittatus (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3962 Hipposideros vittatus Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 13.94 "Ref_2, Ref_3" 0
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Conservation, decline
However, its population is declining due to habitat destruction by excessive mining of limestone caves, disturbance by tourist, and overhunting.
Conservation, mining
However, its population is declining due to habitat destruction by excessive mining of limestone caves, disturbance by tourist, and overhunting.
Conservation, tourists
However, its population is declining due to habitat destruction by excessive mining of limestone caves, disturbance by tourist, and overhunting.
Conservation, overhunting
However, its population is declining due to habitat destruction by excessive mining of limestone caves, disturbance by tourist, and overhunting.
Article text, habitat
The striped leaf-nosed bat can be found locally within caves and occasionally, roosting in trees and under the eaves of buildings.
Child Taxon Of: Hipposideridae, Lead, family
is a species of bat native to eastern and southern Africa
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, everyday group
is a species of bat native to eastern and southern Africa
In Biome: Savanna, Distribution and habitat, woodland savannas
The species is most likely to appear in woodland savannas.
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat, moist forests
However, they have also been found in lowland tropical moist forests, as well as at altitudes up to 1700 m.
View the Source3. Mammal Diversity Database: Macronycteris vittatus (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity DatabaseTaxon page, IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Near Threatened
Taxon page, Species status
Species status Living
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