Dwarf free-tailed bat


The dwarf free-tailed bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy

It was described as a new species in 1917 by American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen.
The holotype had been collected in Niangara, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Herbert Lang and James Chapin.

Description

It has a forearm length of.