Greater mouse-tailed bat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinopomatidae |
| Genus: | Rhinopoma |
| Species: | R. microphyllum
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| Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich, 1792)
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The greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) is a species of
Range and habitat
It is found in Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Western Sahara, and Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Biology and ecology
According to a recent research published in
The species Rhinopoma microphyllum eats exclusively insects.[4] A study on its diet revealed that the species is primarily a Coleoptera feeder in both maternity and summer quarters, although a more diverse feeding habit is found in the summer roosts. Other prey types include Diptera, Neuroptera and Hymenoptera.[5] They mate at the beginning of spring.
References
- . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- JSTOR 3504243.
- PMID 25740890.
- ^ Krause, Jennifer. "Great Mouse-Tailed Rat".[permanent dead link]
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