Dwarf free-tailed bat

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Dwarf free-tailed bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mops
Species:
M. nanulus
Binomial name
Mops nanulus
J.A. Allen, 1917

The dwarf free-tailed bat (Mops nanulus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Taxonomy

It was described as a new species in 1917 by American zoologist, Joel Asaph Allen. The holotype was collected in Niangara, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Herbert Lang and James Chapin. [2]

Description

It has a forearm length of 27.3–28.7 mm (1.07–1.13 in). [2]

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References

  1. Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Mops nanulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T13843A22079835. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T13843A22079835.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Allen, J. A.; Lang, H.; Chapin, J. P. (1917). "The American Museum Congo expedition collection of bats". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 37: 477–478.