Large-eared free-tailed bat

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Large-eared free-tailed bat
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Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Otomops
Species:
O. martiensseni
Binomial name
Otomops martiensseni
Matschie, 1897
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The large-eared free-tailed bat (Otomops martiensseni) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae found in Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and possibly Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, arable land, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Richards, L.R.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Fahr, J.; Taylor, P.J. (2017). "Otomops martiensseni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15648A22112617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15648A22112617.en.


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