| Myopterus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Myopterus E. Geoffroy, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Myopterus senegalensis Oken, 1816
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| Species | |
African free-tailed bats1 (Myopterus) are a genus of bat in the family Molossidae.2 It contains the following species:
- Daubenton's free-tailed bat (Myopterus daubentonii)
- Bini free-tailed bat (Myopterus whitleyi)
References
References
- Murray Wrobel: Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals. Elsevier 2006, ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4.
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.