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--> GENUS Chaerephon
SPECIES Chaerephon nigeriae
Author: | Thomas, 1913. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11: 319. | Common Name: | Nigerian Free-tailed Bat | Type Locality: | Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province. | Distribution: | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Ethiopia south to Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | plicatus species group. Reviewed in part by Nader and Kock (1979), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (1999); also see Willis et al. (2002). |
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