Sierra Leone free-tailed bat

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Sierra Leone free-tailed bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mops
Species:
M. brachypterus
Binomial name
Mops brachypterus
(Peters, 1852)

The Sierra Leone free-tailed bat (Mops brachypterus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, possibly Central African Republic, possibly Republic of the Congo, and possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Hutson, A.M.; Mickleburgh, S.; Bergmans, W. (2017). "Mops brachypterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T13837A22075549. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T13837A22075549.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.