The Bini free-tailed bat, Myopterus whitleyi, is a bat of the family Molossidae found in West and Central Africa. The English zoologist Robert Francis Scharff described it as a new species in 1900 from a specimen collected in Benin City, Nigeria, by J. C. Whitley, after whom the species is named. It is a small bat, with a forearm 35 to 37 millimeters long and a weight of 10 to 12 grams, a uniform dark brown back, a creamy white or pure white belly and a patch of bristly hairs on the upper lip below the nostrils. Males have a modified sebaceous gland at the throat called the gular gland. It has been documented in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda, in tropical lowland forest and possibly also in human-modified landscapes. As of 2016 it was evaluated as least concern by the IUCN.
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The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
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The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Bini free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Bini free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Bini free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Bini free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Bini free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Bini free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Bini free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
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Conservation
it is evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN
Lead, living
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests
Lead, land habitat
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests
Description, size
It is a small bat
Range and habitat
The Bini free-tailed bat has been documented in the following countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Child Taxon Of: Molossidae, Lead
is a species of bat in the family Molossidae
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, bat group
is a species of
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Lead, biome
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests
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