Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

Black-and-red Free-tailed BatMDD currently places the Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat in Mops; the 2004 description used Chaerephon. A later survey in Madagascar's dry-forest region caught it only within protected areas.What does it look like?The original description reports short, mottled brown fur and uses pelage and wing colour among the features separating the species from relatives.How does it live?MDD currently places the Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat in Mops; the 2004 description used Chaerephon. A later survey in Madagascar's dry-forest region caught it only within protected areas.In a survey of Madagascar's dry-forest region published in 2025, researchers captured the species only inside protected areas. The study gathered faecal samples from several bat species but does not establish a species-specific diet or roost pattern for jobimena.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.