found: Raabe, Emily. Free-tailed bats, 2003(DLC)2001006652
found: ITIS, viewed January 26, 2022(Molossidae; Taxonomic rank: Family; Common name: Free-tailed bats; Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Chiroptera)
found: Britannica, viewed January 26, 2022(free-tailed bat, (family Molossidae), any of 100 species of bats, so called for the way in which part of the tail extends somewhat beyond the membrane connecting the hind legs. Free-tailed bats eat insects and roost in tree hollows, caves, and buildings.)
found: Britannica, viewed January 26, 2022(bat: Nocturnal activity is a major feature of the behavioral pattern of bats: nearly all species roost during the day and forage at night. A few species of bats, including a flying fox (Pteropus samoensis), the yellow-winged bat (Lavia frons), and the greater sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata, may forage actively during the day)
found: Merriam Webster, viewed January 26, 2022(free-tailed bat: any of a family (Molossidae) of bats characterized by a tail that projects beyond the posterior part of the flight membrane and found in warm regions of the world)
found: Merriam Webster, viewed January 26, 2022(molossid: of or relating to the Molossidae)
