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The Molossidae, or free-tailed bats, are a family of bats within the order Chiroptera. [1] The Molossidae is the fourth-largest family of bats, containing about 110 species as of 2012. [ 2 ] They are generally quite robust, and consist of many strong-flying forms with relatively long and narrow wings with wrinkled lips shared through their ...
Molossus is a genus of bats.The genus contains ten species with a New World distribution from Mexico in the north to northern Argentina at its most southerly limit. Four of these species have distributions that include various islands in the West Indies such as Puerto Rico or Trinidad.
The Natal free-tailed bat is a very small species of bat. Its upper lip is very wrinkled. Its ears are small and connected in the back by a thin interaural membrane. Males have a sebaceous gland, as with some other free-tailed bats, but they do not have an interaural crest. Its dental formula is 1.1.1.3 3.1.2.3 for a total of 30 teeth. [2]
The white-striped free-tailed bat (Austronomus australis) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. Its echolocation calls are audible to humans, which is a characteristic found in only a few microbat species. [ 3 ]
The wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Mops plicatus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Bangladesh , Bhutan , Cambodia , China , Cocos (Keeling) Islands , India , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , Nepal , the Philippines , Sri Lanka , Thailand and Vietnam .
Researchers unearthed the skull of a previously unknown starling-sized bird species named Navaornis hestiae that was so well preserved they were able to digitally reconstruct its brain and inner ...
The little free-tailed bat (Mops pumilus) is a species of the genus Mops in the family Molossidae. It is widely distributed across Africa and islands around the continent. It is widely distributed across Africa and islands around the continent.
A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica belonged to what scientists say is the oldest known modern bird.. An early relative of the continent’s ducks and geese, it lived off the Antarctic ...