Species Mops midas (Sundevall, 1843) (Midas' free-tailed bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Molossidae
  • ----- species: Mops midas
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 14 cm; wing-span:45 cm; white flecked dark brown back, paler underparts; the tip of the tail is not enclosed in the interfemoral membrane; wrinkled upper lip;
Countries:
BW
Botswana
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 76
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/25400873
Date: 2013-08-01
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Mops midas, Midas free-tailed bat, is a large bodied bat with an average mass around 45g. It is grey above with white flecks and paler below (dirty white). Like all Molossids, M. midas has a tail that is not enclosed by a membrane. It is an open-air forager and due to robust skull morphological features and diet studies, it is suggested that it feeds predominantly on beetles (Coleopterans).
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