Grandidier's free-tailed bat (Mops leucogaster) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna. It has at times been considered synonymous with the little free-tailed bat.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Mops |
| Species: | M. leucogaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Mops leucogaster (Grandidier, 1869)
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Classical ring species hypothesis
editA ring species occurs when two populations that are connected by a geographic ring of populations that can interbreed but do not interbreed despite living in the same region. Upon migrating to the Comoros, Grandidier's free-tailed bat and C. pusillius became sympatric. There is evidence of isolation between the two populations further restricting gene flow.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Ramasindrazana, B. (2021). "Mops leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40038A22061204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40038A22061204.en. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Naidoo, Theshnie; Goodman, Steven M; Schoeman, M. Corrie; Taylor, Peter J; Lamb, Jennifer M (2016). "Partial support for the classical ring species hypothesis in the Chaerephon pumilus species complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southeastern Africa and western Indian Ocean islands". Mammalia. 80 (6). doi:10.1515/mammalia-2015-0062. S2CID 89517662.
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