São Tomé Free-tailed Bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Molossidae |
Genus: | Chaerephon |
Species: | C. tomensis |
Binomial name | |
Chaerephon tomensis (J. Juste & C. Ibanez, 1993) |
The São Tomé Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon tomensis) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.