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Mauritian tomb bat

Taphozous mauritianus

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J.T.Layne
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KarenL
Please consider adding this to the Bats of Africa mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/24647059
J.T.Layne
Great photo! Looking around on Google images, there are some photos that have the exact same 'spiky' background: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=taphozous+mauritianus&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ACGW_enUS362US362&biw=1366&bih=587&tbm=isch&tbnid=2hXerY7G-AdzeM:&imgrefurl=http://www.jonastonboe.com/keyword/taphozous%2520mauritianus/1/1099306566_2892b&docid=Qfo5nViV8ZzQbM&imgurl=http://www.jonastonboe.com/Travel/Madagascar/IMG3772/1099306566_2892b-L-1.jpg&w=400&h=600&ei=cOYWT-znO8W42wW32tGqAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=788&vpy=193&dur=1669&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=97&ty=207&sig=100084632683454005827&page=1&tbnh=118&tbnw=101&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0
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PublishedNovember 23, 2011

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