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Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat

Chaerephon plicata

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, 1800

The wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicata) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Molossidae
Genus
Chaerephon
Species
Chaerephon plicata

Synonyms

  • Chaerephon luzonus, J. E. Hill (1961)
  • Tadarida plicata subspecies insularis, William Watt Addison Phillips (1932)
  • Dysopes murinus, John Edward Gray (1830)
  • Nyctinomus bengalensis, Anselme GaĆ«tan Desmarest (1820)
  • Chaerephon plicata, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1800)
  • Tadarida plicata, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1800)
  • Vespertilio plicatus, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1800)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

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Range Map

Distribution map of Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, Chaerephon plicata in Thailand
  • Khao Sok National Park
  • Khao Yai National Park
  • Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima
  • Phra Phutthabat District, Saraburi
  • Tham Pha Tha Phon Non-Hunting Area
Range map of Chaerephon plicata in Thailand