Family MOLOSSIDAE

(FREE-TAILED BATS)

• Insectivorous bats, no noseleaf; long narrow wings for fast flight; fairly large, typically conjoined ears; and tail protrudes beyond uropatagium.

• 6-26 cm.

• Nearctic, Neotropical, Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Australasian Regions.

• From deserts through savanna grasslands and forests.

es 29 genera, 126 species, 150 taxa.

• • 5 species Endangered, 6 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.