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Peterson's free-tailed bat

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Peterson's free-tailed bat (Mops petersoni) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae, the free-tailed bats of the order Chiroptera, and its name is credited to El-Rayah, 1981. It is found in Cameroon and Ghana, and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The GBIF record of its IUCN Red List category lists it as Near Threatened. The sources read for this entry give no figures for its size, lifespan, diet or population.

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Near Threatened 1
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It is found in Cameroon and Ghana, and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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It is found in Cameroon and Ghana, and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
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Peterson's free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, range
    It is found in Cameroon and Ghana, and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    Peterson's free-tailed bat (Mops petersoni) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.
  • Child Taxon Of: Molossidae, Lead, family
    Peterson's free-tailed bat (Mops petersoni) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Lead, habitat
    It is found in Cameroon and Ghana, and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
  • In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Lead, habitat, dry forest
    It is found in Cameroon and Ghana, and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
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