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(2002).; [MDD2022] moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement; [IUCN] This may be a complex of two distinct species, with Chaerephon nigeriae in the north of the known distribution and C. ;spillmani in the south. We follow Simmons (2005) in currently recognizing spillmani Monard, 1933 as a subspecies of nigeriae .; [batnames2023]  plicatus species group. Reviewed in part by Nader and Kock (1979), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (1999); also see Willis et al. (2002).; [MDD2023] moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement; [MDD2025_2.0] moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement; [batnames2025_1.7] plicatusspecies group. Reviewed in part by Nader and Kock (1979), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (1999); also see Willis et al. (2002).; [MDD2025_2.2] moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement						spillmani.	nigeriae, spillmani	nigeriae , spillmani ,	abae, emini	nigeriae, spillmanni		nigeriae, spillmani		nigeriae, spillmani	This may be a complex of two distinct species, with Chaerephon nigeriae in the north of the known distribution and C. ;spillmani in the south. We follow Simmons (2005) in currently recognizing spillmani Monard, 1933 as a subspecies of nigeriae .	nigeriae, spillmani		nigeriae, spillmani	nigeriae, spillmanni, spillmani	nigeriae, spillmani		nigeriae (O. Thomas, 1913)|spillmanni (Monard, 1933)|spillmani (Koopman, 1994) [incorrect subsequent spelling]		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Nigerian free-tailed bat	Nigeria – Ethiopia – Namibia, Zambia	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 nigeriae	Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province.	Thomas	1913	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11:319.	Distribution: Ranging from Ghana to southwestern Arabia and south to Namibia and Zimbabwe.		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	Nigerian free-tailed bat	Ghana – Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Namibia; SW Arabia	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.	Thomas	1913	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11:319.		Ghana and Niger to Saudi Arabia (record by Nader and Kock, 1979) and Ethiopia, south to Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.	Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province.		THOMAS	1913	Anterior palatal emargination virtually obliterated. Basioccipital pits of moderate depth. Anterior upper premolar somewhat reduced. Size medium (forearm length, 44-50 mm). Upper lip wrinkles relatively numerous. Forehead relatively flat. Rostrum relatively slender.	Distribution: Ranging from Ghana to southwestern Arabia and south to Namibia and Zimbabwe.	Two subspecies:	C. n. nigeriae (Ghana to southwestern Arabia and south to northeastern Zaire), C. n. spillmani (Angola and Tanzania south).	140	species	C. nigeriae	THOMAS	1913	Chaerephon	genus	Chaerephon nigeriae				An- terior palatal emargination virtually obliterated. Basioccipital pits of moderate depth. Anterior upper premolar somewhat reduced. Size medium (forearm length, 44-50 mm). Upper lip wrinkles relatively numerous. Forehead relatively flat. Rostrum relatively slender.	Two subspecies:		4. C. nigeriae THOMAS 1913 [plicata group],	4	_M. n. nigeriae_ (Thomas, 1913); _M. n. spillmanni_ (Monard, 1933)			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 nigeriae	Chaerephon		nigeriae	Thomas		1913		Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8	11		319		Nigerian Free-tailed Bat	Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province.	Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Ethiopia south to Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	spillmani Monard, 1933.	plicatus species group. Reviewed in part by Nader and Kock (1979), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (1999); also see Willis et al. (2002).	194287C9FFA0BA0CB18FF6A9B502F529	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	647	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/19/42/87/194287C9FFA0BA0CB18FF6A9B502F529.xml	Chaerephon nigeriae	Molossidae	Chaerephon	nigeriae	Thomas	1913	Tadaride du Nigeria @fr | Nigeria-Bulldogfledermaus @de | Caerepon de Nigeria @es | Nigerian Wrinkle-lipped Bat @en	Chaerephon mnigeriae Thomas, 1913 , “Zaria Province, Northern Nigeria .” Subspecific ranges are disjunct. Two subspecies are recognized.	C.n.nigeriaeThomas,1913—SierraLeonetoEthiopiaandSWArabia. C. n. spillmanni Monard, 1933 — Angola to Tanzania and S to N Namibia and N Botswana .	Head-body c.68-78 mm, tail 31-52 mm, ear 15-23 mm, hindfoot 9-13 mm, forearm 41-51 mm; weight 10-26 g. Pelage of the Nigerian Free-tailed Bat is short and blackish brown above and below, with bare patch between shoulders, and no mid-ventral markings, but a conspicuous flank-stripe of long white hairs. Upperlip has 5-7 (spillmanni) or 7-8 ( nigeriae ) well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Ears are blackish and medium-sized, just reaching snout when laid forward, and joined by interaural band of skin that covers interaural pocket which contains erectile hairs (c. 6 mm ) giving rise to a crest in males; in females, hairs are replaced by a naked pocket. Tragus is small and rectangular, with top side straight or markedly concave, almost fully concealed by antitragus. Antitragus is much larger than tragus, roughly trapezoid but top corners are sometimes rounded. In race nigeriae , wing membranes are blackish brown dorsally, whitish ventrally, especially close to body, and tail membrane is blackish brown; in spillmanni, wings are whitish and semi-translucent dorsally and ventrally, or blackish, and tail membrane is dark brown dorsally and paler ventrally. Skin on forearm is dark brown dorsally extending narrowly onto wing membrane as a faint dark stripe. There are no gular or tail glands. Anterior palate is not emarginated and basisphenoid pits are shallow to moderately deep. M® has third ridge more than one-half the length of second ridge. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 48 and FNa = 62.	Race nigeriae has been recorded in degraded forest and Guinea savanna. Race spillmanni has been recorded from mopane, miombo, and Acacia ( Fabaceae ) woodlands, often associated with water. The species has been found at elevations of up to 1400 m at the Cuanavale River source lake in central Angola .	In Zimbabwe , diet comprised mostly Coleoptera , with a much lower occurrence of Lepidoptera .	Female Nigerian Free-tailed Bats give birth to a single young. Pregnantfemales have been recorded in late October ( Zimbabwe ) and late January ( Namibia ), while lactating females have been recorded in mid-November ( Zambia ) and mid-December ( Botswana ). Juveniles have been recorded in December ( Botswana ) and January ( Zambia ).	Nigerian Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal. In one colony in a roof, squeaking was heard 30 minutes before dusk and individuals emerged ten minutes later; they returned later, and some hunted in the vicinity of the roost. They roost under the bark of dead trees, in small caves, and in the roofs of houses. Echolocation call is shallow FM with low frequency (peak frequency 17 kHz on average), with long duration (10 milliseconds on average) and narrow bandwidth (10 kHz on average). Predators include bat hawks (Macheiramphus alcinus).	Nigerian Free-tailed Bats roost communally in groups of up to 100 individuals. A maternity roost discovered in December in the Okavango Delta, Botswana , comprised over 25 adults, including at least 13 lactating females, with two naked young and three furred young. A colony roosting under bark was observed sharing this roost with Pipistrelluslike bats.	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.	ACR (2017) | Cotterill & Happold (2013f) | Monadjem, Bergmans, Hutson et al. (2017) | Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010) | Rosevear (1965)	https://zenodo.org/record/6567804/files/figure.png	66. Nigerian Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon nigeriae French: Tadaride du Nigeria / German: Nigeria-Bulldogfledermaus / Spanish: Caerepon de Nigeria Other common names: Nigerian Wrinkle-lipped Bat Taxonomy. Chaerephon mnigeriae Thomas, 1913 , “Zaria Province, Northern Nigeria .” Subspecific ranges are disjunct. Two subspecies are recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. C.n.nigeriaeThomas,1913—SierraLeonetoEthiopiaandSWArabia. C. n. spillmanni Monard, 1933 — Angola to Tanzania and S to N Namibia and N Botswana . Descriptive notes. Head-body c.68-78 mm, tail 31-52 mm, ear 15-23 mm, hindfoot 9-13 mm, forearm 41-51 mm; weight 10-26 g. Pelage of the Nigerian Free-tailed Bat is short and blackish brown above and below, with bare patch between shoulders, and no mid-ventral markings, but a conspicuous flank-stripe of long white hairs. Upperlip has 5-7 (spillmanni) or 7-8 ( nigeriae ) well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Ears are blackish and medium-sized, just reaching snout when laid forward, and joined by interaural band of skin that covers interaural pocket which contains erectile hairs (c. 6 mm ) giving rise to a crest in males; in females, hairs are replaced by a naked pocket. Tragus is small and rectangular, with top side straight or markedly concave, almost fully concealed by antitragus. Antitragus is much larger than tragus, roughly trapezoid but top corners are sometimes rounded. In race nigeriae , wing membranes are blackish brown dorsally, whitish ventrally, especially close to body, and tail membrane is blackish brown; in spillmanni, wings are whitish and semi-translucent dorsally and ventrally, or blackish, and tail membrane is dark brown dorsally and paler ventrally. Skin on forearm is dark brown dorsally extending narrowly onto wing membrane as a faint dark stripe. There are no gular or tail glands. Anterior palate is not emarginated and basisphenoid pits are shallow to moderately deep. M® has third ridge more than one-half the length of second ridge. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 48 and FNa = 62. Habitat. Race nigeriae has been recorded in degraded forest and Guinea savanna. Race spillmanni has been recorded from mopane, miombo, and Acacia ( Fabaceae ) woodlands, often associated with water. The species has been found at elevations of up to 1400 m at the Cuanavale River source lake in central Angola . Food and Feeding. In Zimbabwe , diet comprised mostly Coleoptera , with a much lower occurrence of Lepidoptera . Breeding. Female Nigerian Free-tailed Bats give birth to a single young. Pregnantfemales have been recorded in late October ( Zimbabwe ) and late January ( Namibia ), while lactating females have been recorded in mid-November ( Zambia ) and mid-December ( Botswana ). Juveniles have been recorded in December ( Botswana ) and January ( Zambia ). Activity patterns. Nigerian Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal. In one colony in a roof, squeaking was heard 30 minutes before dusk and individuals emerged ten minutes later; they returned later, and some hunted in the vicinity of the roost. They roost under the bark of dead trees, in small caves, and in the roofs of houses. Echolocation call is shallow FM with low frequency (peak frequency 17 kHz on average), with long duration (10 milliseconds on average) and narrow bandwidth (10 kHz on average). Predators include bat hawks (Macheiramphus alcinus). Movements, Home range and Social organization. Nigerian Free-tailed Bats roost communally in groups of up to 100 individuals. A maternity roost discovered in December in the Okavango Delta, Botswana , comprised over 25 adults, including at least 13 lactating females, with two naked young and three furred young. A colony roosting under bark was observed sharing this roost with Pipistrelluslike bats. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Bibliography. ACR (2017), Cotterill & Happold (2013f), Monadjem, Bergmans, Hutson et al. (2017), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010), Rosevear (1965).	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 nigeriae	Mops		nigeriae	Thomas	1913	1	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 8, 11: 319	Nigerian Free-tailed Bat	<b> spillmani </b>Monard, 1933.	Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province.	Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Ethiopia south to Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.	Not listed.	Least Concern as Chaerephon nigeriae 	 plicatus species group. Reviewed in part by Nader and Kock (1979), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (1999); also see Willis et al. (2002).	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 nigeriae	23	Nigerian Free-tailed Bat	Nigerian Wrinkle-lipped Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	MOLOSSIDAE	MOLOSSINAE	NA	Mops	Chaerephon	nigeriae	O. Thomas	1913	1	Chaerephon_nigeriae	Thomas, O. (1913). On African bats and shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 11, 319.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635875#page/331/mode/1up	BM 1911.3.22.1		"Zaria Province, Northern Nigeria."			nigeriae (O. Thomas, 1913)|spillmani (Monard, 1933)	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.	Sierra Leone|Ghana|Burkina Faso|Togo?|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Chad|Central African Republic|Democratic Republic of the Congo|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Saudi Arabia|Yemen|Tanzania|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Namibia|Botswana|Zimbabwe	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Chaerephon_nigeriae	1	oldname match	Chaerephon_nigeriae	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	4315	Chaerephon nigeriae	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	MOLOSSIDAE	Chaerephon	nigeriae	Thomas, 1913	This may be a complex of two distinct species, with Chaerephon nigeriae in the north of the known distribution and C. ;spillmani in the south. We follow Simmons (2005) in currently recognizing spillmani Monard, 1933 as a subspecies of nigeriae .	20000000	Chaerephon nigeriae	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, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.	This is a savanna woodland species associated with Brachystegia woodlands in the southern portion of its range (Willis et al . 2002; Skinner an Chimimba 2005). In Nigeria, animals have been found in the Guinea and Sudan savannas extending southwards into cleared areas of tropical moist forest (Happold 1987; Willis et al. 2002). During the day this species has been recorded roosting in groups under tree bark an in the roofs of houses (Happold 1987; Ansell 1960; Skinner and Chimimba 2005).	There appear to be no major threats to this species. The ability of the species to exploit buildings as roosts, and its association with cleared rainforest in Nigeria, suggests that it is relatively resistant to anthropogenic impacts (Willis et al . 2002).	This species is typically found in small groups of 10 to 15 animals, with maternity roosts being formed of up to 25 bats.	Unknown	This species is widely distributed over much of sub-Saharan Africa. It ranges from Sierra Leone in the west to Ethiopia in the east, being recorded as far south as Angola, Botswana and Zimbabwe. There are some additional records from the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen and western Saudi Arabia. Animals have been found at elevations of up to 1,000 m Asl, and possibly occur higher than this.		Terrestrial	In view of the species wide range, it is presumably present in some protected areas. No direct conservation measures are currently needed for this species as a whole.	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		nigeriae	Thomas	1913	1	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 8, 11: 319	Nigerian Free-tailed Bat	<b> spillmani </b>Monard, 1933.	Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province.	Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Ethiopia south to Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.	Not listed.	Least Concern as Chaerephon nigeriae 	 plicatus species group. Reviewed in part by Nader and Kock (1979), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (1999); also see Willis et al. (2002).	Mops nigeriae	1005157	23	Nigerian Free-tailed Bat	Nigerian Wrinkle-lipped Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Molossidae	MOLOSSINAE	NA	Mops	Chaerephon	nigeriae	O. Thomas	1913	1	Chaerephon_nigeriae	Thomas, O. (1913). On African bats and shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 11, 319.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635875#page/331/mode/1up	BM 1911.3.22.1		"Zaria Province, Northern Nigeria."			nigeriae (O. Thomas, 1913)|spillmani (Monard, 1933)	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.				Sierra Leone|Ghana|Burkina Faso|Togo?|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Chad|Central African Republic|Democratic Republic of the Congo|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Saudi Arabia|Yemen|Tanzania|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Namibia|Botswana|Zimbabwe	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Chaerephon_nigeriae	1	oldname match	Chaerephon_nigeriae	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_nigeriae	1005157	23	Nigerian Free-tailed Bat	Nigerian Wrinkle-lipped Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Molossidae	Molossinae	NA	Mops	Chaerephon	nigeriae	O. Thomas	1	Chærephon nigeriæ	Thomas, O. 1913-03-01. On African bats and shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(63):314-321.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635880	BMNH:Mamm:1911.3.22.1	holotype	https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef9d8e2d-9437-4541-8f35-6f03860c60da	"Zaria Province, Northern Nigeria."			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.				Sierra Leone|Ghana|Burkina Faso|Togo?|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Chad|Central African Republic|Democratic Republic of the Congo|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Saudi Arabia|Yemen|Tanzania|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Namibia|Botswana|Zimbabwe	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Chaerephon_nigeriae	1	oldname match	Chaerephon_nigeriae	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		nigeriae	Thomas	1913	1	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 8, 11: 319	Nigerian Free-tailed Bat	spillmani Monard, 1933.	Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province.	Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Ethiopia south to Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4315/22018693/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	plicatusspecies group. Reviewed in part by Nader and Kock (1979), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (1999); also see Willis et al. (2002).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Chaerephon nigeriae; Chaerephon nigeriae; Mops nigeriae; Mops nigeriae; Chaerephon nigeriae; Mops nigeriae; nigeriae ; spillmani ; abae; emini; nigeriae; spillmanni; spillmani; nigeriae; spillmani; Tadaride du Nigeria; Nigeria-Bulldogfledermaus; Caerepon de Nigeria; Nigerian Wrinkle-lipped Bat; Nigerian Free-tailed Bat; Nigerian Wrinkle-lipped Bat; Nigerian Free-tailed Bat; Nigerian Free-tailed Bat; M. nigeriae