Seasonally monoestrous reproduction in the molossid bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca from low temperate latitudes (33 S) in South Africa

Bernard, Ric T F; Tsita, Johannes N

Title: Seasonally monoestrous reproduction in the molossid bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca from low temperate latitudes (33 S) in South Africa
Creator: Bernard, Ric T F, Tsita, Johannes N
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 1995
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447333
Identifier: vital:74611
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1995.11448366
Description: A histological study of reproduction in Egyptian free-tailed bats (Tadarida aegyptiaca) Irom the Eastern Cape Province of South Alrica (c. 33°S) showed that females were seasonally monoestrous. Copulation, ovulation and lerlilizalion occurred in August, at the encf of winter, and births in December, after a four-month pregnancy. These results are compared with those of other molossid bats from tower latitudes in Africa. We conclude that the monoestrous habit of the Egyptian Iree-tailed bat at 33°S may be due to its relatively long pregnancy, and to the short summer period during which minimum temperatures are high enough to ensure an abundance of nocturnal flying insects.
Format: 5 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Zoology, Bernard, R.T.F. and Tsita, J.N., 1995. Seasonally monoestrous reproduction in the molossid bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca from low temperate latitudes (33 S) in South Africa. South African Journal of Zoology, 30(1), pp.18-22, African Zoology volume 30 number 3 18 22 1995 2224-073X
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