Peters's wrinkle-lipped bat

Peters's wrinkle-lipped bat, Mormopterus jugularis, also called Peters's goblin bat, is a free-tailed bat in the family Molossidae that is endemic to Madagascar. It is widespread there and in some areas abundant, with records from sea level up to about 1,200 metres, mainly across the western half of the island and along the southern coast. It commonly roosts in human-made structures, sometimes in colonies shared with other free-tailed bat species, and it forages in the open, often over agricultural land. It is a small bat, roughly 90 to 95 millimetres from head to tail, with a forearm of 37 to 40 millimetres, a wingspan of 262 to 288 millimetres and a weight of 8 to 14 grams. Its fur is soft and dense, grayish brown to charcoal on the back and paler on the belly, the snout is blunt and slightly upturned, and the large rounded ears do not touch at their bases. Males are larger than females. The German naturalist Wilhelm Peters described the species in 1865, and its name refers to the large suprasternal notch he noted in his Latin description.