Egyptian Free-tailed Bat

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Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Molossidae Genus: Tadarida Species: T. aegyptiaca
Binomial name
Tadarida aegyptiaca (É. Geoffroy, 1818)

The Egyptian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida aegyptiaca) is a species of bat in the Molossidae family. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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• Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W., Cotterill, F.W., Fahr, J., & Jacobs, D. 2004. Tadarida aegyptiaca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.