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Spurrell's free-tailed bat

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Spurrell's free-tailed bat, Mops spurrelli, is a small species of bat in the family Molossidae, found in Central and West Africa. It lives in subtropical or tropical dry forest and in moist lowland forest, and has been documented in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo. British zoologist Guy Dollman described it as a new species in 1911, first placing it in the now-defunct genus Xiphonycteris, and named it for Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell, who collected the holotype, an adult male taken 97 kilometres west of Kumasi in Ghana. The forearm is about 27 millimetres long, the fur is rusty red on the back and buffy white below, and the ears are triangular. The IUCN evaluated it as Least Concern in 2017.

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Least Concern 1
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Cameroon

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Central African Republic

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Cote d'Ivoire

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Equatorial Guinea

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Ghana

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Its range includes several countries; it has been documented in Cameroon, Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo
Guinea

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Its range includes several countries; it has been documented in Cameroon, Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo
Liberia

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Sierra Leone

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Its range includes several countries; it has been documented in Cameroon, Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo
Togo

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Its range includes several countries; it has been documented in Cameroon, Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo
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1. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Mops spurrelli
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"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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    Its range includes several countries; it has been documented in Cameroon, Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo
  • Child Taxon Of: Molossidae, Lead, family
    Spurrell's free-tailed bat (Mops spurrelli) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae named after Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, order and family
    Spurrell's free-tailed bat (Mops spurrelli) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae named after Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell.
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