Gland-tailed Free-tailed Bat

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Gland-tailed Free-tailed Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Molossidae Genus: Chaerephon Species: C. bemmeleni
Binomial name
Chaerephon bemmeleni (Jentink, 1879)

The Gland-tailed Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon bemmeleni) is a species of bat in the Molossidae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

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