Angolan Free-tailed Bat

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Angolan Free-tailed Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Molossidae Genus: Mops Species: M. condylurus
Binomial name
Mops condylurus (A. Smith, 1833)

The Angolan Free-tailed Bat (Mops condylurus) is a species of bat in the Molossidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.

[edit] References

• Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. & Cotterill, F.W. 2004. Mops condylurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.