Niangara Free-Tailed Bat - Mops niangarae
( J.A. Allen, 1917 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Jumping Ability: (Horizontal)

Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
The natural history of this species is poorly known. It is currently unclear whether the holotype was collected in savanna or tropical moist forest (Freeman 1981), however, it appears to have been reported to roost in tree hollows (Lang and Chapin 1917).

Range:
This little known species was collected from "Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo" (Democratic Republic of the Congo near the border with Sudan) (Allen et al. 1917, Lang and Chapin 1917).

Conservation:
It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Additional studies are needed into the distribution, natural history and threats to this little known bat.

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