title: Dwarf free-tailed bat
text: # Dwarf free-tailed bat
  
  The dwarf free-tailed bat (Mops nanulus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  It was described as a new species in 1917 by American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen. The holotype was collected in Niangara, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Herbert Lang and James Chapin.
  
  ## Description
  
  It has a forearm length of 27.3–28.7 mm (1.07–1.13 in).
  
  