Angolan free-tailed bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Angolan free-tailed bat lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Mops condylurus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Molossidae

Where does the Angolan free-tailed bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Angolan free-tailed bat in 6 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Angolan free-tailed bat endangered?

The Angolan free-tailed bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Angolan free-tailed bat?

The Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Molossidae, genus Mops. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Angolan free-tailed bat

The Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna, although it is sometimes found at the edges of woodlands.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Angolan free-tailed bat (revision 1313944717), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1832498 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).