Chaerephon pumilus

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 pumilus

Name

Chaerephon pumilus Cretzschmar, 1830

Type locality: Eritrea, Massawa.

Synonyms

* C. dubius Peters, 1852
* C. elphicki Roberts, 1926
* C. faini Hayman, 1951
* C. gambianus De Winton, 1901
* C. hindei Thomas, 1904
* C. langi Roberts, 1932
* C. limbata Peters, 1852
* C. naivashae Hollister, 1916
* C. pusillus Miller, 1902

References

* Cretzschmar, 1830. In Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Saugeth., 1: 69.
* Conservation status: IUCN link: Chaerephon pumilus (Least Concern)
* Chaerephon pumilus 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

Vernacular names
English: Little Free-tailed Bat.

The Little Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon pumilus) is a species of bat in the Molossidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and urban areas.

References

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