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Wroughton’s Free-tailed Bat
December 22 , 2024
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- Wroughton’s free-tailed bat, a highly rare species of molossus bat, has been spotted at Delhi.
- This bat species is primarily found in the Western Ghats.
- Small colonies have also been recorded in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, and a single individual was noted in Cambodia.
- Until 2000, the species was considered critically endangered because of a single known population in the Western Ghats.
- Later the bat species was placed on the IUCN Red List as data deficient.
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