Spurrell's free-tailed bat

Spurrell's free-tailed bat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mops
Species:
M. spurrelli
Binomial name
Mops spurrelli
Dollman, 1911
Synonyms
  • Xiphonycteris spurrelli Dollman, 1911
  • Tadarida spurrelli Dollman, 1911

Spurrell's free-tailed bat (Mops spurrelli) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae named after Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell. It is found in Central and West Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.