Gland-tailed 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. bemmeleni |
Binomial name | |
Chaerephon bemmeleni (Jentink, 1879) |
The Gland-tailed Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon bemmeleni) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. 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.