Niangara free-tailed bat

The Niangara free-tailed bat, also called the Niangara mops bat (Mops niangarae), is a member of the free-tailed bat family Molossidae known only from its holotype, which was collected at Niangara in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo near the border with Sudan. It is endemic to that country, and its natural habitat is either moist tropical forest or savanna. It was first treated as a subspecies of both M. trevori and M. congicus, but was retained as a separate species after an assessment showed that the holotype's skull differs significantly from the skulls of both; its relationship to M. trevori remains unclear. The area it inhabits is given as 893 square kilometres, it appears to roost in tree stumps, and very little is known of its habits, range or population, so it is assessed as data deficient.