Madagascar Free-tailed Bat

Chaerephon, appelé communément Phyllanthes, est un genre de chauves-souris de la famille des Molossidae. Le nom de genre Chaerephon fait référence à Chéréphon, l'ami de Socrate, qui, dans la comédie "Ὄρνιθες" (les oiseaux, 1564,II) d'Aristophane, est décrit comme "Chaerephon la chauve-souris" ( Χαιρεφῶν ἡ νυκτερίς). Liste des espèces Selon ITIS (17 octobre 2019) : Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907) Chaerephon ansorgei (Thomas, 1913) Chaerephon atsinanana Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, Ratrimomanarivo, Taylor & Lamb, 2010 Chaerephon bemmeleni (Jentink, 1879) Chaerephon bivittatus…

The Madagascar free-tailed bat or Malagasy giant mastiff bat (Otomops madagascariensis) is a species of free-tailed bat formerly included as a subspecies of the large-eared free-tailed bat, but that was later considered to be a distinct, Malagasy species. The Madagascar free-tailed bat is endemic to northern, western, and southern Madagascar. The Madagascar free-tailed bat is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List due to its widespread distribution in Madagascar.

Chaerephon es un género de murciélagos del Viejo Mundo en la familia Molossidae. ​ Las especies dentro de este género son:. Especies Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae Chaerephon ansorgei Chaerephon atsinanana Chaerephon bemmeleni Chaerephon bivittatus Chaerephon bregullae Chaerephon chapini Chaerephon gallagheri Chaerephon jobensis Chaerephon jobimena Chaerephon johorensis Chaerephon major Chaerephon nigeriae Chaerephon plicatus Chaerephon pumilus Chaerephon pusillus Chaerephon russatus Chaerephon solomonis Chaerephon tomensis Referencias Dobson, 1874.