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Myopterus

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Myopterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Myopterus
E. Geoffroy, 1818
Type species
Myopterus senegalensis
Oken, 1816
Species

Myopterus daubentonii
Myopterus whitleyi

African free-tailed bats[1] (Myopterus) are a genus of bat in the family Molossidae.[2] It contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ Murray Wrobel: Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals. Elsevier 2006, ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4.
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.