African Giant Free-tailed Bat

African Giant Free-tailed BatThe African giant free-tailed bat is a large bat recorded only rarely across eastern and southern Africa. It flies high, and cliff crevices are considered possible roosts.What does it look like?A paper comparing specimens reports forearm lengths of 60.8–65.2 mm for nine Tadarida ventralis specimens.How does it live?The African giant free-tailed bat is a large bat recorded only rarely across eastern and southern Africa. It flies high, and cliff crevices are considered possible roosts.The South African assessment says daytime roosts are presumed to be high in inaccessible cliff crevices. It is a high-flying, open-air forager; acoustic detections suggest it may be locally common, although it is rarely collected.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.