Ethical Statement
Capture, handling, and voucher collection complied with the guidelines
recommended by the American Society of Mammalogists (Gannon and Sikes,
2007), and small mammal sampling guidelines compiled by Aegerter and
Heritage (2005) and Kunz and Parsons (2009); and were approved by the
Science Faculty Animal Ethics Committee at the University of Cape Town
(Clearance Number 2013/2011/V6/DJ). All workers handling bats were
vaccinated for rabies and were required to use protective gloves when
handling bats and samples.