Chapin's free-tailed bat (Mops chapini) is a small insect-eating bat of the family Molossidae that ranges across much of central and southern Africa. Adults measure 8 to 12 centimetres including a 3 centimetre tail and weigh around 10 grams, with pale cinnamon-brown or greyish fur fading to near white on the belly and white or pale brown wings. Males carry a striking crest of hair, reddish chestnut at the base and whitish above, up to 15 millimetres long, which is well developed in breeding males and helps spread scent from a gland at its base. Its range runs from Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast to the Republic of the Congo in the northwest and down to northern Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, with an isolated population in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, where it lives in savannah, river valleys and woodland. It catches insects in flight, using echolocation calls that sweep from 27 down to 19 kilohertz.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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The bat is insectivorous, feeding in flight.
Biology and habitat, where it lives
Chapin's free-tailed bat is found across much of central and southern Africa, between Ethiopia and South Sudan in the northeast, the Republic of the Congo in the northwest, and northern Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in the south. An isolated population is also known from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat (Mops chapini) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in central and southern Africa.
Child Taxon Of: Molossidae, Lead
Chapin's free-tailed bat (Mops chapini) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in central and southern Africa.
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