Railer bat

Railer bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mops
Species: M. thersites
Binomial name
Mops thersites
(Thomas, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Nyctinomus thersites Thomas, 1903
  • Tadarida thersites Thomas, 1903

The Railer bat (Mops thersites) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ↑ Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Juste, J. (2017). "Mops thersites". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T13849A22077236.


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