Small Mouse-tailed Bat

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Small Mouse-tailed Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinopomatidae
Genus: Rhinopoma
Species: R. muscatellum
Binomial name
Rhinopoma muscatellum
Thomas, 1903

The Small Mouse-tailed Bat (Rhinopoma muscatellum) is a species of bat in the Rhinopomatidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Oman, and possibly Ethiopia.

Mouse tailed bats have a wingspan of 17-25cm, a body length of 6-8cm and a tail the same length as it's body. Their diet is flying insects which they eat whilst flying.

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