Morphometric data of insectivorous bat communities in two caves of The Republic of Congo

This dataset includes the morphometric data of all the individuals measured as part of my thesis project in the Republic of Congo. The captures were made in two caves: the Mont Belo cave and the Boundou cave. It includes 7 different bat genera: Rhinolophus, Miniopterus, Hipposideros, Triaenops, Macronynectis, Roussetus and Coleura.
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Each individuals captured was photographed, measured for its morphometric characteristics, reproductive status, sex and identification at least to the genus.
For each bats captured, M.L measured the following morphological indicators : <br>
WT : weight of an individual in grams ; <br>
FA: forearm length ; <br>
WS : wingspan between wing tips in straight line ; <br>
HB : length of head and body from tip to anus ; <br>
TL : total length from tip of snout to posterior and of tail ; <br>
T : tail length from tip to anus ; <br>
E : length of ear from notch to tip ; <br>
Tib : the length from top of knee to base of ankle when both knee and ankle are bent ;<br>
HF : length of hindfoot from heel to tip if longest claw.
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In supplement for Rhinolophus, Triaenops and Hipposideros genus with measured NL breadth (the maximum breadth of the noseleaf) and NL length (the length of the noseleaf) and for Miniopterus genus, we measure the length of tragus (usually from tip to junction of posterior margin with the ear (Tr).
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We used a dial caliper for the measurement of FA, a tape measure for WS and HB, a ruler for T, E, Tr, Tib, HF, NL breadth and NL length and a Pesola balance of 100g to weigth bats.