Dwarf free-tailed bat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It was described as a new species in 1917 by American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen. The holotype had been collected in Niangara, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Herbert Lang and James Chapin. [2]
It has a forearm length of 27.3–28.7 mm (1.07–1.13 in). [2]
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