Afronycteris helios — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Vespertilionidae/Afronycteris

At a glance

Occurrence records232

Data sources4

Biological traits7

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Afronycteris helios's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility232 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF232 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Heller's serotine (Afronycteris helios), formerly known as Heller's pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat. It is only found in Africa, in countries such as Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPanTHERIAAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology1

Body mass3.56 g

Diet & foraging1

Invertebrate100 %

Habitat & environment1

Terrestriality-999.00

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean64.83 mm

Temperature mean230 decidegC

Other traits2

Activity cycle-999.00

Foraging stratumA

05DNA & barcoding1 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Afronycteris helios has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type232 records

Museum / vouchered232

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO136 km²

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 232 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence232

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Toronto, CA	232

1 institutions · 232 of 232 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Afronycteris helios was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.