Midas Island [SEP] continent
Midas Island
Midas Island is an island lying north-west of Apéndice Island in Hughes Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache in 1898 and described as an island with two summits "like the ears of an ass". The name, given by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960, derives from this description; Midas, King of Phrygia, was represented in Greek satyric drama with the ears of an ass.
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not agile fliers, preferring open airspace at up to 40m in height.
Mops midas in Madagascar.
"Mops midas" are extensive across the African continent and the Middle East, but also appear on Madagascar. Researchers have referred to the African subspecies as "M. m. midas" and from Madagascar, "M. m. miarensis". The two look very similar and in the past there was not enough information to distinguish if the two were different species. There is significant sexual dimorphism in size between the African and