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

Where the velvety free-tailed bat lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Molossus molossus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	17 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Mass	16.1 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Molossidae

Where does the velvety free-tailed bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the velvety free-tailed bat in 17 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Belém.

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.

How big is a velvety free-tailed bat?

Wikidata records the following for the velvety free-tailed bat: mass 16.1 g (adult weight).

Is the velvety free-tailed bat endangered?

The velvety 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 velvety free-tailed bat?

The velvety free-tailed bat (Molossus molossus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Molossidae, genus Molossus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the velvety free-tailed bat

The velvety free-tailed bat (Molossus molossus) is a species of bat found in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Velvety free-tailed bat (revision 1315313989), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1832759 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).