| Grandidier's free-tailed bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Chaerephon |
| Species: | C. leucogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaerephon leucogaster (Grandidier, 1869) | |
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Grandidier's free-tailed bat (Chaerephon leucogaster) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss. It has at times been considered synonymous with the little free-tailed bat.[1]
References
- ^ Naidoo, Theshnie; Goodman, Steven M; Schoeman, M. Corrie; Taylor, Peter J; Lamb, Jennifer M (2016). "Partial support for the classical ring species hypothesis in the Chaerephon pumilus species complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southeastern Africa and western Indian Ocean islands". Mammalia. 80 (6). doi:10.1515/mammalia-2015-0062. S2CID 89517662.