Nigerian Free-tailed Bat

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Nigerian Free-tailed Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Molossidae Genus: Chaerephon Species: C. nigeriae
Binomial name
Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas, 1913

The Nigerian Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon nigeriae) is a species of bat in the Molossidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Ghana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

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