Ansorge's free-tailed bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Ansorge's free-tailed bat Chaerephon ansorgei Least concern

Where the Ansorge's free-tailed bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 48 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Chaerephon ansorgei
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Molossidae

Where does the Ansorge's free-tailed bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Ansorge's free-tailed bat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

South 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 Ansorge's free-tailed bat endangered?

The Ansorge's 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 Ansorge's free-tailed bat?

The Ansorge's free-tailed bat (Chaerephon ansorgei) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Molossidae, genus Chaerephon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Ansorge's free-tailed bat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ansorge's free-tailed bat (revision 1313979240), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1829740 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).