Lesser mouse-tailed bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lesser mouse-tailed bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhinopoma hardwickii
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Rhinopomatidae

Where does the lesser mouse-tailed bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lesser mouse-tailed bat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

India

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 lesser mouse-tailed bat endangered?

The lesser mouse-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 lesser mouse-tailed bat?

The lesser mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma hardwickii) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Rhinopomatidae, genus Rhinopoma. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lesser mouse-tailed bat

The lesser mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma hardwickii) is a species of microbat in the family Rhinopomatidae. Also referred to as Hardwicke's lesser mouse-tailed bat and long-tailed bat, it is named after Major General Thomas Hardwicke (1755–1835), an English soldier and naturalist who served many years in India. It is found in North Africa, some parts of central and eastern Africa, West Asia and east to the Indian subcontinent.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lesser mouse-tailed bat (revision 1314786782), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1830962 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).