Small Mouse-tailed Bat

Small Mouse-tailed Bat

Taxobox
name = Small Mouse-tailed Bat


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Rhinopomatidae
genus = "Rhinopoma"
species = "R. muscatellum"
binomial = "Rhinopoma muscatellum"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1903
synonyms =

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.

Mouse tailed bats have a wingspan of 17-25cm, a body length of 6-8cm and a tail the same length as it's body. Their diet is flying insects which they eat whilst flying.

ource

* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19602/all Rhinopoma muscatellum] .
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] . Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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