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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Molossidae
--> SUBFAMILY Molossinae
--> GENUS Chaerephon
SPECIES Chaerephon major
| Author: | Trouessart, 1897. | | Citation: | Cat. Mamm. Viv. Foss., 1: 146. | | Common Name: | Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat | | Type Locality: | N Sudan, 5th Cataract of the Nile. | | Distribution: | Senegal, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, NE Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Tanzania. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | plicatus species group. Specimens reported as pumilus by Happold (1967) actually represent major. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
abae J. A. Allen, 1917
emini De Winton, 1901
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