Mammal / Tadarida aegyptiaca
Egyptian Free-Tailed Bat
Also known as Wrinkle lipped bat, egyptian guano bat, egyptian nyctinome
Lowest risk
Vagrant
The Egyptian free-tailed bat, also known as Egyptian guano bat or Egyptian nyctinome, is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.
- Range elevation
- 500 (high) m
- Range mass
- 13.8 to 20.5 g
- Average mass
- 16.3 g
- Range length
- 104 to 120 mm
- Average wingspan
- 35.4 cm
- Breeding interval
- Tadarida aegyptiaca breeds once yearly.
- Breeding season
- Mating occurs between May and August, depending on latitude.
- Average number of offspring
- 1
- Range gestation period
- 77 to 120 days
- Average weaning age
- 1 months
- Range time to independence
- 8 (high) months
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 2 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 10 years
- Average territory size
- 400 km^2
Eiting, T. 2006. "Tadarida aegyptiaca" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Tadarida_aegyptiaca/
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