Mbalame yachikondi yobisika

Maonekedwe

Kaloti kakang'ono kakang'ono kakang'ono kakang'ono kamene kali ndi thupi la 14,5 masentimita ndi kulemera kwa 50 g. Kutalika kwa mchira ndi 4 cm. Amuna onse awiri ali ndi mitundu yofanana - mtundu waukulu wa thupi ndi wobiriwira, pamutu pali chigoba cha bulauni-wakuda, chifuwa ndi chikasu-lalanje, rump ndi azitona. Mlomo ndi waukulu, wofiira. Sera ndi yopepuka. Mphete ya periorbital ndi yamaliseche komanso yoyera. Maso ndi ofiirira, miyendo ndi imvi-buluu. Akazi ndi akulu pang'ono kuposa amuna, amakhala ndi mutu wozungulira kwambiri.

Chiyembekezo cha moyo ndi chisamaliro choyenera ndi zaka 18 - 20.

Malo okhala ndi moyo m'chilengedwe

Mitunduyi idafotokozedwa koyamba mu 1887. Mitunduyi imatetezedwa koma osati pachiwopsezo. Chiwerengero cha anthu ndi chokhazikika.

Amakhala ku Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya ndi Mozambique m’magulu a anthu okwana 40. Zimakonda kukhazikika pa mitengo ya mthethe ndi baobab, pafupi ndi madzi a m’mapiri.

Mbalame zachikondi zophimba nkhope zimadya njere za zitsamba zakutchire, dzinthu ndi zipatso.

Kubalana

Nthawi yoweta zisa imagwera panyengo yamvula (March-April ndi June-July). Amakhala m'magulu m'maenje amitengo yakutali kapena timitengo ting'onoting'ono. Kawirikawiri chisacho chimamangidwa ndi chachikazi, chomwe chimaikira mazira 4-6 oyera. Kutalika kwa makulitsidwe ndi masiku 20-26. Anapiyewo amaswa chochita, atakwiririka. Amasiya dzenje ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi. Komabe, kwa nthawi (pafupifupi milungu iwiri), makolo amawadyetsa.

M'chilengedwe, pali mitundu yosabala yosabala pakati pa mbalame zachikondi za Fisher.