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Sauromys
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = South African Flat-headed Bat
| regnum =
Animalia
| phylum =
Chordate Chordata
| classis =
Mammalia
| ordo =
Chiroptera
| familia =
Molossidae
| genus = '''''Sauromys'''''
}}
The
genus '''''Sauromys''''' contains a single species, the '''South African Flat-headed Bat''' ''S. petrophilus'' and is found in central-southern
Africa including the countries of
Namibia,
Zimbabwe,
Botswana,
South Africa and a small part of western
Mozambique.
Head and body length is 50-60 mm, tail length is 30-40 mm, and forearm length is 35-42 mm; weight is 9-22 grams. The upper parts are brownish gray to tawny olive and the underparts are paler.
This species differs from the closely related ''
Tadarida'' in the flattened skull as well as some dental and other small structural details though is closer to ''
Mormopterus'' in the flattened skull detail.
Day time roosting is often beneath slabs of rock or in crevices outdoors rather than in caves where its flattened skull appears to be an adaptation. More than four bats are never found sleeping together.
Category:Bats
Category:Fauna of South Africa
