#taphozous

[nekonotaishou]

My attempt to do a portrait of an ARPG critter I own for each day of October is so far going well! Almost done! Only about a week more to go!

First four are included in this post here. Links to their official in-game sheets below the cut, because there’s a lot of kids in here I have a hoarding OCs problem

Xaica and Joaquin are adoptive mom-dog and adopted crow-son and are on their way to crash a party

Cake and Mazin are siblings; Cake just wants to gift you twigs and stuff and Mazin is watching you warily

Aurelia just wants to sing you a very loud song

Finlay and Rufo are bitter rivals and are engaged in a fight at the moment

Wyn is soft and probably tripped on his own feet on his way to greet you

Wandering Soot made eye contact with you for a moment as you glimpsed her on a hike

Taphozous froze in place and looked alarmed when he noticed you’d seen him

Ghost Pepper won’t stop barking at you

Trudi came by to say hello

Machaeron passes by on his way to hunt mammoths

Sandokan enjoys the action-packed story you’re telling him

Sauvignon accepts no excuses

Rubeus hopes you’re gonna pet him

Plague is trying to be scary by showing off his 80-foot wingspan and setting houses on fire; It’s working

Wyandotte is being exceedingly vain today and is waiting (impatiently) for your expected compliment

Hanako is asking you for food today

Tam was coming up to say hi but then got distracted

Sifiso chirped at you in greeting as he raced by

Solstice is happy to help you carry your groceries today

[wapiti3]

Taphozous australis; Coastal Sheathtail Bat

Present range and abundance

The species occurs along a very narrow but extended coastal zone from Shoalwater Bay in Queensland (Catling et al. 1994), as far north as Moa Island in the Torres Strait (Conder 1994). Also occurs on numerous off shore islands throughout the range (Grimes 1973, Schulz 1991, Hall 1997, Churchill pers. comm.). The dependence on coastal roosts results in the range of this species extending no more than a few kilometres inland (Richards 1995). As such, this species may be unevenly distributed throughout its range. In the northern part of its range this species is in caves on off-shore islands (Hall 1997). In the central part of its range between Townsville and Cooktown, it has been frequently found roosting in sea caves e.g. in more than 100 sea caves from a total of 600 caves searched (Clague unpub.). However, in a search of the coastline from Cooktown to Cape York (1996–98) only a small number of caves were found to be inhabited by this species (Hall unpub.). In the southern part of its range e.g. at Shoalwater Bay in central Queensland, it is has been regarded as ‘abundant’ to ‘uncommon’ (Catling et al. 1994). Colony sizes have been found to be small (generally less than 20 individuals) and current estimates of population size varies from 1200 (Richards unpub.) to more than 2500 (Clague and Coles unpub.). source- The Action Plan for Australian Bats

photo source calphoto database

[biomedres]

Fine structure of Somatotrophs in Pars Distalis of the Indian wild Caught Female Bat, Taphozous nudiventris kachhensis (Dobson)

Fine structure of Somatotrophs in Pars Distalis of the Indian wild Caught Female Bat, Taphozous nudiventris kachhensis (Dobson) by Pankaj R Chavhan in  Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) https://biomedres.us/fulltexts/BJSTR.MS.ID.000227.php

[animalids]

Black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon)

The black-bearded tomb bat is native to much of South East Asia with a wide range and local abundance, earning it the IUCN classification Least Concern. Its most striking feature is the black beard, from which it earns its name, that males grow when they reach sexual maturity. This beard is usually covered in oily secretions used to attract females. Black-bearded tomb bats are notable among the sac-winged bats for not having any throat sacs and only very small wing sacs.

Classification Animalia - Chordata - Mammalia - Eutheria - Boreoeutheria - Laurasiatheria - Scrotifera - Chiroptera - Microchiroptera - Emballonuroidea - Emballonuridae - Emballonurinae - Taphozous - T. melanopogon

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