Table 3.
Bat species detected in the study area by survey type. Guild-type acronyms and descriptions are presented in Table 2. The echolocation calls of the Mops species could not be distinguished and are thus shown in brackets. Since E. minimus does not echolocate, it was not acoustically sampled; therefore, it is denoted with a hyphen.
| Sampling Method | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family/Species | Guild | Roost Search | Mist Net | Ground Acoustic | Height Acoustic | |
| 20 m | 35 m | |||||
| Pteropodidae | ||||||
| Epomophorus minimus | x | x | - | - | - | |
| Rhinolophidae | ||||||
| Rhinolophus fumigatus | Low_6 | x | ||||
| R. cf. landeri | Low_6 | x | ||||
| Hipposideridae | ||||||
| Hipposideros caffer | Low_6 | x | ||||
| Rhinonycteridae | ||||||
| Triaenops afer | Low_6 | x | x | |||
| Megadermatidae | ||||||
| Cardioderma cor | Low_5 | x | x | |||
| Lavia frons | Low_5 | x | x | |||
| Nycteridae | ||||||
| Nycteris sp. | Low_5 | x | x | |||
| Molossidae | ||||||
| Mops condylurus | High_2 | x | x | [x] | [x] | [x] |
| Mops pumilus | High_2 | x | x | [x] | [x] | [x] |
| Otomops harrisoni | High_1 | x | x | x | ||
| Miniopteridae | ||||||
| Miniopterus sp. | Medium_4 | x | x | x | ||
| Vespertilionidae | ||||||
| Afronycteris nana | Medium_4 | x | ||||
| Laephotis kirinyaga | Medium_4 | x | x | x | ||
| Neoromicia somalica | Medium_4 | x | x | |||
| Nycticeinops schlieffeni | Medium_4 | x | x | |||
| Pipistrellus hesperidus | Medium_4 | x | x | x | ||
| Scotoecus sp. | Medium_3 | x | x | x | x | |
| Scotophilus andrewreborii | Medium_3 | x | x | x | x | x |
| Vansonia rueppellii | Medium_4 | x | x | |||