Ansorge's free-tailed bat

Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mops
Species:
M. ansorgei
Binomial name
Mops ansorgei
(Thomas, 1913)
Synonyms

Tadarida ansorgei

Ansorge's free-tailed bat (Mops ansorgei) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is named for W.J. Ansorge, who collected the first formally described specimen.

  1. ^ Monadjem, A.; Cotterill, F.P.D.; Hutson, A.M.; Mickleburgh, S.; Bergmans, W. (2017). "Mops ansorgei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T4306A22020564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T4306A22020564.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.