Species Chaerephon chapini J. A. Allen, 1917 (Chapin's free-tailed bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Molossidae
  • ----- species: Chaerephon chapini
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 15 cm; chestnut coloured fur on the back, the belly is nearly white; a crest of erectile hair between the large ears (more developed in males); white or pale brown wing-membranes; the tip of the tail is not enclosed in the interfemoral membrane; the upper lip is wrinkled
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 76
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24840631
Date: 2013-06-03
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24840630
Date: 2013-06-03
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
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