Chaerephon (bat)

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Molossinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Molossidae Scientific name Chaerephon Higher classification Free-tailed bat Order Bat

Lower classifications Little free‑tailed bat, Wrinkle‑lipped free‑tailed bat, Chapin's free‑tailed bat, Nigerian free‑tailed bat, Grandidier's free‑tailed bat

Chaerephon is a genus of Old World free-tail bats in the family Molossidae. Molecular sequence data indicates that Chaerephon, Mops and Tadarida are not monophyletic taxa. The closest relatives of Chaerephon jobimena of Madagascar are Tadarida aegyptiaca of Africa and southwest Asia, and Tadarida brasiliensis of the Americas, which form a clade believed to be about 9.8 million years old. However, the grouping of Chaerephon minus C. jobimena plus Mops was found to be monophyletic.

Species within this genus are:

Chaerephon atsinanana

Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae

Ansorge's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon ansorgei

Gland-tailed free-tailed bat, Chaerephon bemmeleni

Spotted free-tailed bat, Chaerephon bivittata

Fijian mastiff bat, Chaerephon bregullae

Chapin's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon chapini

Gallagher's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon gallagheri

Northern freetail bat, Chaerephon jobensis

Black and red free-tailed bat, Chaerephon jobimena

Northern free-tailed bat, Chaerephon johorensis

Grandidier's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon leucogaster

Lappet-eared free-tailed bat, Chaerephon major

Nigerian free-tailed bat, Chaerephon nigeriae

Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, Chaerephon plicata

Little free-tailed bat, Chaerephon pumila

Russet free-tailed bat, Chaerephon russata

Shortridge's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon shortridgei

Solomons mastiff bat, Chaerephon solomonis

São Tomé free-tailed bat, Chaerephon tomensis

References

Chaerephon (bat) Wikipedia

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