Chaerephon nigeriae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Molossoidea
Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Chaerephon
Species: Chaerephon nigeriae
Subspecies: C. n. nigeriae - C. n. spillmani

Name

Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas, 1913

Type locality: Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province.

References

* Thomas, 1913. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 11: 319.
* Conservation status: IUCN link: Chaerephon nigeriae (Least Concern)
* Chaerephon nigeriae on Mammal species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder

Distribution

* Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Ethiopia south to Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.

Vernacular names
English: Nigerian Free-tailed Bat.

The Nigerian Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon nigeriae) is a species of bat in the Molossidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Ghana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. & Cotterill, F.W. 2004. Chaerephon nigeriae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.