Species Chaerephon ansorgei (Thomas, 1913) (Ansorge's free-tailed bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Molossidae
  • ----- species: Chaerephon ansorgei
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 10cm; grey-brown to reddish-brown fur, underside paler; the larger ears are joined on the forehead; the upper lip is wrinkled; the tail is not entirely enclosed in the interfemoral membrane;
Countries:
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
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References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 76
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