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

Spotted free-tailed bat Chaerephon bivittatus Least concern

Where the spotted 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-collected museum specimen (a central record among 125 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

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

Where does the spotted free-tailed bat live?

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

Kenya

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 spotted free-tailed bat endangered?

The spotted 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 spotted free-tailed bat?

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

About the spotted free-tailed bat

The spotted free-tailed bat (Mops bivittatus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and rocky areas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spotted free-tailed bat (revision 1315313830), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1829698 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).