Medje free-tailed bat

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

The Medje free-tailed bat (Mops congicus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy

It was described as a new species in 1917 by Joel Asaph Allen. The holotype had been collected in 1910 by Herbert Lang and James Chapin near the town of Medje in what was then Belgian Congo. [2]

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References

  1. Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Hutson, A.M.; Mickleburgh, S. & Bergmans, W. (2017). "Mops congicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2017: e.T13839A22075809. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T13839A22075809.en.
  2. Allen, J. A. (1917). "The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats". Bulletin of the AMNH. 37: 467–468.