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line:xlsx:hash://sha256/181a039844a33e66a35a457b7ece741051086608e425a040051b79581d606b97!/Sheet1!/L711	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet	Tadarida chapini	Chaerephon chapini	Tadarida chapini	Chaerephon chapini	Chaerephon chapini	Chaerephon chapini	Chaerephon chapini	Mops chapini	Mops chapini	Chaerephon chapini	Mops chapini	Mops chapini	Mops chapini	Mops chapini	Mops chapini		[MSW3] plicatus species group. Apparently does not include shortridgei, see Peterson et al. (1995). See Fenton and Eger (2002), but note that they included shortridgei in this species.; [HMW] Chaerephon (Lophomops) chaprl ni]. A. Allen, 1917 , “Faradje, northeastern Belg Congo [= DR Congo ].” This species was previously divided into three subspecies ( chapini , shortridge, lancaster); indeed, race shortridge: has even been considered a separate species. However, pending further study, A. Monadjem and coauthors in 2010 and the African Chiroptera Report of 2017 are provisionally followed here in treating this complex as a single monotypic species; the £0is in need of revision. Monotypic.; [batnames2022]  plicatus species group. Apparently does not include shortridgei, see Peterson et al. (1995). See Fenton and Eger (2002), but note that theyincluded shortridgei in this species.; [MDD2022] includes shortridgei; moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement; [IUCN] We follow the African Chiroptera Report (ACR 2014) by including ;Chaerephon ; shortridgei in C. chapini .; [batnames2023]  plicatus species group. Apparently does not include shortridgei, see Peterson et al. (1995). See Fenton and Eger (2002), but note that theyincluded shortridgei in this species.; [MDD2023] has included M. shortridgei, but the species is retained here pending further research; moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement; [MDD2025_2.0] has included M. shortridgei, but the species is retained here pending further research; moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement; [batnames2025_1.7] plicatus species group. Includes shortridgei, following Fenton and Eger (2002), Happold and Cotterill (2013), and Monadjem et al. (2020); but see Peterson et al. (1995).; [MDD2025_2.2] tentatively includes shortridgei until further taxonomic research can be conducted; moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement						lancasteri, shortridgei.	chapini, lancasteri, shortridgei	chapini, lancasteri				chapini, lancasteri		chapini, shortridgei, lancasteri, langi	We follow the African Chiroptera Report (ACR 2014) by including ;Chaerephon ; shortridgei in C. chapini .	chapini, lancasteri		chapini, lancasteri, langi	chapini, lancasteri	chapini, lancasteri, shortridgei 		chapini (J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917)|shortridgei (O. Thomas, 1926)|lancasteri (Hayman, 1938)		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Chapin's free-tailed bat	W, NE Zaire, Uganda – Namibia ? Ethiopia	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Chaerephon chapini	Zaire, Oriental, Faradje.	J. A. Allen	1917	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37:461.	Distribution: Ranging from Ethiopia and Zaire to Zimbabwe and Namibia.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Chapin's free-tailed bat	W, NE Zaire, Uganda – Namibia, ? Ethiopia	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	J. A. Allen	1917	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37:461.		Ethiopia, Zaire, Uganda, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia.	Zaire, Oriental, Faradje.		J. A. ALLEN	1917	Size relatively small (forearm length, 34-39 mm). Upper lip wrinkles relatively few. Forehead relatively elevated. Rostrum relatively slender. Band connecting ears with a long bicolored crest of hair in males.	Distribution: Ranging from Ethiopia and Zaire to Zimbabwe and Namibia.	Three subspecies:	C.c. chapini (Ethiopia to Zaire), C.c. lancasteri (northeastern Angola to Botswana and Zimbabwe), C. c. shortridgei (southwestern Angola, northwestern Namibia).	140	species	C. chapini	J. A. ALLEN	1917	Chaerephon	genus	Chaerephon chapini				Size relatively small (forearm length, 34-39 mm). Upper lip wrinkles relatively few. Forehead relatively elevated. Rostrum relatively slender. Band connecting ears with a long bicolored crest of hair in males.	Three subspecies:		7. C. chapini J. A. ALLEN 1917 [plicata group].	7	_M. c. chapini_ (Allen, 1917); _M. c. lancasteri_ (Hayman, 1938); _M. c. shortridgei_ (Thomas, 1926)			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Molossidae	Molossinae		Chaerephon chapini	Chaerephon		chapini	J. A. Allen		1917		Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.	37		461		Pale Free-tailed Bat	Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Faradje.	Ghana, N Dem. Rep. Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).	lancasteri Hayman, 1938.	plicatus species group. Apparently does not include shortridgei, see Peterson et al. (1995). See Fenton and Eger (2002), but note that they included shortridgei in this species.	194287C9FFA7BA0BB4ADF0A9B547FC1E	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Molossidae_598.pdf.imf	hash://md5/e57bffb1ffbcba10b412f760b226ffce	646	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/19/42/87/194287C9FFA7BA0BB4ADF0A9B547FC1E.xml	Chaerephon chapini	Molossidae	Chaerephon	chapini	J. A. Allen	1917	Tadaride de Chapin @fr | Chapin-Bulldogfledermaus @de | Caerepon de Chapin @es | Chapin’s Free-tailed Bat @en | Chapin’'s Wrinkle-lipped Bat @en | Crested Free-tailed Bat @en | Crested Wrinklelipped Bat @en | Long-crested Gland-tailed Bat @en | Long-crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat @en | Pale Free-tailed Bat @en	Chaerephon (Lophomops) chaprl ni]. A. Allen, 1917 , “Faradje, northeastern Belg Congo [= DR Congo ].” This species was previously divided into three subspecies ( chapini , shortridge, lancaster); indeed, race shortridge: has even been considered a separate species. However, pending further study, A. Monadjem and coauthors in 2010 and the African Chiroptera Report of 2017 are provisionally followed here in treating this complex as a single monotypic species; the £0is in need of revision. Monotypic.	Very patchily distributed over much of sub-Saharan Africa in Ivory Coast , Ghana , South Sudan , Ethiopia , NE & S DR Congo , Uganda , Kenya , Republic of the Congo , Angola , Zambia , Namibia , Botswana , and Zimbabwe .	Head-body ¢.50-60 mm, tail 27-44 mm, ear 12-19 mm, hindfoot 6-9 mm, forearm 34-40 mm; weight 5-11 g. Pelage of the Long-crested Free-tailed Bat is short and pale gray, pale rusty brown or medium grayish brown above with no grizzling or white spots; pure white or pale grayish brown below with mid-ventral markings white or absent, and white flank-stripe. Upper lip has 5-6 well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Ears are brown, joined by band of skin containing back-facing pocket for interaural crest; they are of medium length, almost reaching end of muzzle when folded forward. Tragus is minute, partly concealed by antitragus. Males have long bicolored interaural crest of 12-15 mm, basally rusty brown or gray and terminally white; in females crestis shorter, 3-5 mm, and white. Wings are white (or occasionally pale to grayish brown), becoming yellowish toward body, with many minute black specks; tail membrane is medium brown. There are no gular ortail glands. Anterior palatal emargination is variable, can be narrowly open or closed, and basisphenoid pits are moderately developed. M* has third ridge one-half to two-thirds the length of second ridge. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 48 and FNa = 64.	All southern African records of Long-crested Free-tailed Bats are associated with cathedral mopane woodland. Elsewhere, they are also found in Isoberlinia ( Fabaceae ) woodland, Acacia ( Fabaceae )— Commiphora ( Burseraceae ) bushland, and miombo woodland.	[.ong-crested Free-tailed Bats are open-air foragers. In the dry season in Zimbabwe (April-October), diet comprised mostly Coleoptera with some Lepidoptera , Diptera , and other insects.	Scattered data from southern Africa indicate seasonal polyestry with a postpartum estrus.	Long-crested Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal and often netted near rivers. They produce narrowband, low-frequency (peak frequency 20 kHz), and longduration (5h—10 milliseconds) echolocation calls.	[.ong-crested Free-tailed Bats roost communally in small to medium-sized groups.	Classified as LLeast Concern on The IUCN Red List, due to its wide distribution and expected large population, and because it occurs in a number of protected areas. Although it can be common in north-western Zimbabwe ,it is rarely collected.	ACR (2017) | Fenton & Eger (2002) | Happold & Cotterill (2013) | Monadjem, Cotterill, Hutson et al. (2017c) | Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010)	https://zenodo.org/record/6567796/files/figure.png	62. Long-crested Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon chapini French: Tadaride de Chapin / German: Chapin-Bulldogfledermaus / Spanish: Caerepon de Chapin Other common names: Chapin’s Free-tailed Bat , Chapin’'s Wrinkle-lipped Bat , Crested Free-tailed Bat , Crested Wrinklelipped Bat , Long-crested Gland-tailed Bat , Long-crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat , Pale Free-tailed Bat Taxonomy. Chaerephon (Lophomops) chaprl ni]. A. Allen, 1917 , “Faradje, northeastern Belg Congo [= DR Congo ].” This species was previously divided into three subspecies ( chapini , shortridge, lancaster); indeed, race shortridge: has even been considered a separate species. However, pending further study, A. Monadjem and coauthors in 2010 and the African Chiroptera Report of 2017 are provisionally followed here in treating this complex as a single monotypic species; the £0is in need of revision. Monotypic. Distribution. Very patchily distributed over much of sub-Saharan Africa in Ivory Coast , Ghana , South Sudan , Ethiopia , NE & S DR Congo , Uganda , Kenya , Republic of the Congo , Angola , Zambia , Namibia , Botswana , and Zimbabwe . Descriptive notes. Head-body ¢.50-60 mm, tail 27-44 mm, ear 12-19 mm, hindfoot 6-9 mm, forearm 34-40 mm; weight 5-11 g. Pelage of the Long-crested Free-tailed Bat is short and pale gray, pale rusty brown or medium grayish brown above with no grizzling or white spots; pure white or pale grayish brown below with mid-ventral markings white or absent, and white flank-stripe. Upper lip has 5-6 well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Ears are brown, joined by band of skin containing back-facing pocket for interaural crest; they are of medium length, almost reaching end of muzzle when folded forward. Tragus is minute, partly concealed by antitragus. Males have long bicolored interaural crest of 12-15 mm, basally rusty brown or gray and terminally white; in females crestis shorter, 3-5 mm, and white. Wings are white (or occasionally pale to grayish brown), becoming yellowish toward body, with many minute black specks; tail membrane is medium brown. There are no gular ortail glands. Anterior palatal emargination is variable, can be narrowly open or closed, and basisphenoid pits are moderately developed. M* has third ridge one-half to two-thirds the length of second ridge. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 48 and FNa = 64. Habitat. All southern African records of Long-crested Free-tailed Bats are associated with cathedral mopane woodland. Elsewhere, they are also found in Isoberlinia ( Fabaceae ) woodland, Acacia ( Fabaceae )— Commiphora ( Burseraceae ) bushland, and miombo woodland. Food and Feeding. [.ong-crested Free-tailed Bats are open-air foragers. In the dry season in Zimbabwe (April-October), diet comprised mostly Coleoptera with some Lepidoptera , Diptera , and other insects. Breeding. Scattered data from southern Africa indicate seasonal polyestry with a postpartum estrus. Activity patterns. Long-crested Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal and often netted near rivers. They produce narrowband, low-frequency (peak frequency 20 kHz), and longduration (5h—10 milliseconds) echolocation calls. Movements, Home range and Social organization. [.ong-crested Free-tailed Bats roost communally in small to medium-sized groups. Status and Conservation. Classified as LLeast Concern on The IUCN Red List, due to its wide distribution and expected large population, and because it occurs in a number of protected areas. Although it can be common in north-western Zimbabwe ,it is rarely collected. Bibliography. ACR (2017), Fenton & Eger (2002), Happold & Cotterill (2013), Monadjem, Cotterill, Hutson et al. (2017c), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Molossidae	Mops chapini	Mops		chapini	J. A. Allen	1917	1	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.	44:41:00	Pale Free-tailed Bat	<b> lancasteri </b>Hayman, 1938.	Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Faradje.	Ghana, N Dem. Rep. Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia.	Not listed.	Least Concern as Chaerephon chapini 	 plicatus species group. Apparently does not include shortridgei, see Peterson et al. (1995). See Fenton and Eger (2002), but note that theyincluded shortridgei in this species.	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Mops chapini	23	Long-crested Free-tailed Bat	Chapin's Free-tailed Bat|Chapin's Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Crested Free-tailed Bat|Crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Long-crested Gland-tailed Bat|Long-crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Pale Free-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	MOLOSSIDAE	MOLOSSINAE	NA	Mops	Chaerephon	chapini	J. A. Allen	1917	1	Chaerephon_(Lophomops)_chapini	Allen, J. A. (1917). I. Systematic List. In J. A. Allen, H. Lang & J. P. Chapin. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 37, 461.	http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/1068/B37a18.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y	AMNH 48841		"Faradje, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."			chapini (J. A. Allen, 1917)|shortridgei (O. Thomas, 1926)|lancasteri (Hayman, 1938)|langi (African Chiroptera Report, 2009) [nomen nudum]	includes shortridgei; moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement	Gregorin, R., & Cirranello, A. (2016). Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data. Cladistics, 32(1), 2-35.|Simmons, N. B. and A. L. Cirranello (2020). https://batnames.org/explore.html. Accessed: 10 May 2020. URL: https://batnames.org/explore.html.	Côte d'Ivoire|Ghana|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Uganda|Kenya|Republic of the Congo|Angola|Zambia|Namibia|Botswana|Zimbabwe	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Chaerephon_chapini	1	oldname match	Chaerephon_chapini	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	4310	Chaerephon chapini	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	MOLOSSIDAE	Chaerephon	chapini	J.A. Allen, 1917	We follow the African Chiroptera Report (ACR 2014) by including ;Chaerephon ; shortridgei in C. chapini .	20000000	Chaerephon chapini	Least Concern		2017	2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, it occurs in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.	This species has been recorded from savanna habitats and river valleys. It appears to be associated with intact woodland that is occasionally disturbed (e.g.. Mopane damaged by elephants).	There appear to be no major threats to this widespread species as a whole. It may be threatened in parts of its range through habitat loss and degradation (e.g.. in northern Zimbabwe and parts of Zambia)	In general there is little information on the abundance of this species over its range. It can be common in northwestern Zimbabwe, but it is not regularly recorded. The species is found in small colonies, with a single observation of a small group of breeding females.	Unknown	This species has been widely recorded over much of sub-Saharan Africa. It has been collected from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in West Africa, southern Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, ranging south into southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia.		Terrestrial		Afrotropical		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Molossidae	Mops		chapini	J. A. Allen	1917	1	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.	44:41:00	Pale Free-tailed Bat	<b> lancasteri </b>Hayman, 1938.	Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Faradje.	Ghana, N Dem. Rep. Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia.	Not listed.	Least Concern as Chaerephon chapini 	 plicatus species group. Apparently does not include shortridgei, see Peterson et al. (1995). See Fenton and Eger (2002), but note that theyincluded shortridgei in this species.	Mops chapini	1005150	23	Long-crested Free-tailed Bat	Chapin's Free-tailed Bat|Chapin's Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Crested Free-tailed Bat|Crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Long-crested Gland-tailed Bat|Long-crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Pale Free-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Molossidae	MOLOSSINAE	NA	Mops	Chaerephon	chapini	J. A. Allen	1917	1	Chaerephon_(Lophomops)_chapini	Allen, J. A. (1917). I. Systematic List. In J. A. Allen, H. Lang & J. P. Chapin. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 37, 461.	http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/1068/B37a18.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y	AMNH 48841		"Faradje, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."			chapini (J. A. Allen, 1917)|lancasteri (Hayman, 1938)|langi (African Chiroptera Report, 2009) [nomen nudum]	has included M. shortridgei, but the species is retained here pending further research; moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement	Gregorin, R., & Cirranello, A. (2016). Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data. Cladistics, 32(1), 2-35.|Simmons, N. B. and A. L. Cirranello (2020). https://batnames.org/explore.html. Accessed: 10 May 2020. URL: https://batnames.org/explore.html.				Côte d'Ivoire|Ghana|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Uganda|Kenya|Republic of the Congo	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Chaerephon_chapini	1	oldname match	Chaerephon_chapini	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Mops_chapini	1005150	23	Long-crested Free-tailed Bat	Chapin's Free-tailed Bat|Chapin's Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Crested Free-tailed Bat|Crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Long-crested Gland-tailed Bat|Long-crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat|Pale Free-tailed Bat|Shortridge's Free-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Molossidae	Molossinae	NA	Mops	Chaerephon	chapini	J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin	1	Chaerephon (Lophomops) chapini	Allen, J.A., Lang, H. and Chapin, J.P. 1917-09-29. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(18):405-563.	https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1068	AMNH M-48841	holotype	http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48841	"Faradje, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."			tentatively includes shortridgei until further taxonomic research can be conducted; moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement	Gregorin, R., & Cirranello, A. (2016). Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data. Cladistics, 32(1), 2-35.|Simmons, N. B. and A. L. Cirranello (2020). https://batnames.org/explore.html. Accessed: 10 May 2020. URL: https://batnames.org/explore.html.|Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., & Schoeman, M. C. (2020). Bats of southern and central Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Wits University Press.				Cote d'Ivoire|Ghana|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Uganda|Kenya|Republic of the Congo|Angola|Namibia|Botswana|Zimbabwe|Zambia	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Chaerephon_chapini	1	oldname match	Chaerephon_chapini	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Molossidae	Mops		chapini	J. A. Allen	1917	1	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.	44:41:00	Pale Free-tailed Bat	lancasteri Hayman, 1938.	Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Faradje	Ghana, N Dem. Rep. Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4310/22019424/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	plicatus species group. Includes shortridgei, following Fenton and Eger (2002), Happold and Cotterill (2013), and Monadjem et al. (2020); but see Peterson et al. (1995).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Chaerephon chapini; Chaerephon chapini; Mops chapini; Mops chapini; Chaerephon chapini; Mops chapini; chapini ; lancasteri; lancasteri; chapini; shortridgei; lancasteri; langi; Tadaride de Chapin; Chapin-Bulldogfledermaus; Caerepon de Chapin; Chapin’s Free-tailed Bat; Chapin’'s Wrinkle-lipped Bat; Crested Free-tailed Bat; Crested Wrinklelipped Bat; Long-crested Gland-tailed Bat; Long-crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat; Pale Free-tailed Bat; Long-crested Free-tailed Bat; Chapin's Free-tailed Bat; Chapin's Wrinkle-lipped Bat; Crested Free-tailed Bat; Crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat; Long-crested Gland-tailed Bat; Long-crested Wrinkle-lipped Bat; Pale Free-tailed Bat; Pale Free-tailed Bat; Pale Free-tailed Bat; M. chapini