European Free-tailed Bat

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iEuropean Free-tailed Bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Tadarida
Species: T. teniotis
Binomial name
Tadarida teniotis
Rafinesque, 1814)

The European Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida teniotis, sometimes given as Tadarida insignis) is a species of free-tailed bat found across the Old World. An adult European Free-tailed Bat has a body length of 8.4-9.4 cm, a tail of 4.8-5.6 cm, and a wing length of 5.7-6.5 cm. This species had been reported from Korea in 1931, but has not been sighted on the Korean Peninsula since that time.

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  • Won, Byeong-o (원병오) (2004). 한국의 포유동물 (Hangugui poyudongmul, Mammals of Korea). Seoul: Dongbang Media. ISBN 89-8457-310-8.

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