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Mouse-tailed Bats
Rhinopoma
Mouse-tailed bats are a group of insectivorous microbats of the family Rhinopomatidae with only three to six species, all contained in the single genus Rhinopoma. They are found in the Old World, from North Africa to Thailand and Sumatra, in arid and semiarid regions, roosting in caves, houses and even the Egyptian pyramids. They are relatively small, with a body length of just 5 to 6 cm. They weigh between 6 and 14 g.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Egyptian Mouse-tailed Bat
speciesRhinopoma cystops

Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat
speciesRhinopoma hardwickii

Small Mouse-tailed Bat
speciesRhinopoma muscatellum

Greater Mouse-tailed Bat
speciesRhinopoma microphyllum
Macinnes's Mouse-tailed Bat
speciesRhinopoma macinnesi
Yemeni Mouse-tailed Bat
speciesRhinopoma hadramauticum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40637.