Endangered
Natal Free-Tailed Bat
Mormopterus acetabulosus
Natal Free-Tailed Bat is a bat in the family Molossidae (order Chiroptera) — Mormopterus acetabulosus, recorded as Endangered and tied to Mauritius.
The bat
Natal Free-Tailed Bat is a bat in the family Molossidae (order Chiroptera) — Mormopterus acetabulosus.
Range and habitat
It is endemic to the island of Mauritius. It is known from fewer than five locations in its range, but it is common at a few sites. It roosts in caves, and it is considered to be an endangered species due to disturbance of its cave habitat.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
As of 2017, it is listed as endangered by the IUCN. From 1999–2017, its population likely declined by more than 80%.
Natal Free-Tailed Bat is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Natal Free-Tailed Bat, Wikidata item Q741241. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
