Table 1 Bat species recorded in eight survey areas in Maroua, Cameroon (numbers in parentheses refer to captured individuals)
Number of individuals per site | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sites | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
Altitude (m) | 404 | 402 | 403 | 420 | 401 | 403 | 403 | 414 |
Capture nights | 04 | 04 | 03 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 03 | 01 |
GPS coordinates | 10° 35′ 38.5″ N 14° 20′ 15.2′ E | 10° 35′ 47.7″ N 14° 18′ 54.1″ E | 10° 35′ 90.2″ N 14° 20′ 25.0″ E | 10° 34′ 24.5″ N 14° 16′ 54.6″ E | 10° 35′ 39.8″ N 14° 17′ 18.5″ E | 10° 35′ 90.2″ N 14° 20′ 25.0″ E | 10° 35′ 58.8″ N 14° 18′ 44.4″ E | 10° 35′ 37.2″ N 14° 17′ 19.5″ E |
Habitat types | Drinking site | River bed | Drinking site | Roost site | Roost site | farmland | Drinking site | Roost site |
Molossidae | ||||||||
 Chaerephon major (n = 23) | – | – | 22 | 01 | – | – | – | – |
 Chaerephon nigri (n = 01) | – | 01 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Chaerephon pumilus (n = 06) | 01 | 02 | 01 | – | – | – | 02 | – |
 Mops condylurus (n = 12) | 01 | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – |
 Mops niveiventer (n = 10) | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – |
Vespertilionidae | ||||||||
 Nycticeinops schilieffenii (n = 01) | – | – | 01 | – | – | – | – | – |
 Pipistrellus nanus (n = 01) | – | – | – | – | – | 01 | – | – |
 Pipistrellus nanulus (n = 01) | – | 01 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Pipistrellus inexpectatus (n = 01) | – | – | – | – | – | 01 | – | – |
 Scotoecus hirundo (n = 02) |  |  | 01 | – | – | – | 01 | – |
 Scotophilus dinganii (n = 20) | 05 | 12 | 03 | – | – |  | 05 |  |
 Scotophilus leucogaster (n = 17) | 10 | 03 | 03 | 01 | – | – | – | – |
Rhinolophidae | ||||||||
 Rhinolophus fumigatus (n = 01) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 01 | – |
Total individuals (n = 96) | 16 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 02 | 09 | 0 |
Total species (n = 13) | 03 | 06 | 06 | 04 | 0 | 01 | 04 | 0 |