Mouse-tailed bats | |
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Greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Rhinopomatidae Bonaparte 1838[1] |
Genus: | Rhinopoma Geoffroy 1818[1] |
Type species | |
Vespertilio microphyllus Brünnich, 1782
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Species | |
R. cystops |
Mouse-tailed bats are a group of insectivorous microbats of the family Rhinopomatidae with only three to six species, all contained in the single genus Rhinopoma.[2] They are found in the Old World, from North Africa to Thailand and Sumatra, in arid and semiarid regions, roosting in caves, houses and even the Egyptian pyramids. They are relatively small, with a body length of just 5 to 6 cm.[3] They weigh between 6 and 14 g.
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