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

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

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

Where does the small mouse-tailed bat live?

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

Oman

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 small mouse-tailed bat endangered?

The small 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 small mouse-tailed bat?

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

About the small mouse-tailed bat

The small mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma muscatellum) is a species of bat in the Rhinopomatidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Oman, and possibly Ethiopia, ranging from the Sistan Basin in Iran well into the Helmand River basin of south-western Afghanistan.

Small mouse tailed bats have a wingspan of 17–25 cm (6.7–9.8 in), a body length of 6–8 cm (2.4–3.1 in) and a tail the same length as its body. Their diet consists of flying insects which they eat whilst flying.

This species was demonstrated as distinct from R. hardwickei based on mutually exclusive morphological features; the small mouse-tailed bat has a nearly unridged skull with small teeth and large cavities filled with fluid.

Distance to roads-railways, annual mean temperature, elevation, and distance to the ridge were significant for the small mouse-tailed bat.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Small mouse-tailed bat (revision 1343368959), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1829849 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).