Sierra Leone free-tailed bat
| Sierra Leone free-tailed bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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, and possibly the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. "Sierra Leone Free-tailed Bat (Mops brachypterus)". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2024-10-06.