Scotophilus nigrita lencogaster 



Somali name, Fidmer 



DESCRIPTION. This bat, which is olive-brown above and 

 yellowish brown below, has been caught in the north-west of 

 Somaliland towards the Harrar Plateau. 



MEASUREMENTS in the flesh of an adult female specimen in the 

 British Museum are as follows : 



Head and body . . . , . . 70 mm. 



Tail . . . . , . . . . . 48 



Hindfoot . . . . . . . .10,, 



Ear . . ... . , . .-.,-. 16 



DISTRIBUTION. Hargeisa to Harrar in North-west Somaliland. 

 It has also been obtained in Italian Somaliland at Brava. 



HABITS. Similar to other members of same genus. 



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