Mongalla free-tailed bat

The Mongalla free-tailed bat (Mops demonstrator) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Mongalla free-tailed bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mops
Species:
M. demonstrator
Binomial name
Mops demonstrator
Thomas, 1903

Sources

  1. Monadjem, A.; Cotterill, F.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Fahr, J. (2017). "Mops demonstrator". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T13840A22075708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T13840A22075708.en.


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