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Free-tailed bat

Molossidae

Photo by dotun55
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Field Notes

Description:

Seen hanging in a dark corner of the wall one afternoon, thought it was a rat until I got closer. It was so creepy, made my flesh crawl.

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Free-tailed bat

Species ID Suggestions

Nigerian free-tailed bat

Chaerephon nigeriae

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Gerardo Aizpuru
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Free-tailed bat

Molossidae
AfriBats
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Comments (9)
Maria dB
Very nice series and spotting!
AfriBats
It's a juvenile bat (probably still suckling), and there's no way to identify it further than at the family level based on pictures alone.
dotun55
I see an easy means to become Batman ;-)
JC_Forester
Wow, cool spotting. Some species are biters when handling.
dotun55
Thanks! That's a very interesting ID :-)
dotun55
OK. I flipped it over to get a ventral view but just like felines, it wouldn't stay that way for long.

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PublishedJune 22, 2013

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