Large-eared free-tailed bat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Otomops |
| Species: | O. martiensseni
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| Otomops martiensseni Matschie, 1897
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The large-eared free-tailed bat (Otomops martiensseni) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae native to Africa.
It is found in Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and possibly Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, arable land, and plantations.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Richards, L.R.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Fahr, J.; Taylor, P.J. (2017). "Otomops martiensseni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15648A22112617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15648A22112617.en.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Otomops
- Bats of Africa
- Fauna of Central Africa
- Fauna of East Africa
- Mammals of Southern Africa
- Mammals of Angola
- Mammals of the Central African Republic
- Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mammals of Ethiopia
- Mammals of West Africa
- Mammals of South Africa
- Mammals of Tanzania
- Mammals of Uganda
- Mammals of Zambia
- Mammals of Zimbabwe
- Taxa named by Paul Matschie
- Molossidae stubs