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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Molossidae (free-tailed bats)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Chiroptera (bats) > Microchiroptera (insect-eating bats)

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Chaerephon nigeriae (Nigerian free-tailed bat)

 

Chaerephon bivittata (Spotted free-tailed bat)

 

Chaerephon chapini (Chapin's free-tailed bat)

 

Chaerephon pumila (Little free-tailed bat)

 

Chaerephon ansorgei (Ansorge's free-tailed bat)

 

Mormopterus acetabulosus (Natal free-tailed bat)

 

Mops midas (Midas free-tailed bat)

 

Mops condylurus (Angolan free-tailed bat)

 

Otomops martiensscni (Large-eared free-tailed bat)

 

Sauromys petrophilus (Flat-headed free-tailed bat)

 

Tadarida lobata (Kenyan big-eared free-tailed bat)

 

Tadarida ventralis (African free-tailed bat)

 

Tadarida fulminans (Madagascan large free-tailed bat)

 

Tadarida aegyptiaca (Egyptian free-tailed bat)