Larger mouse-tailed bat, Rat-tailed bat

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     This species is larger than Rhinopoma hardwickei , but the tail is relatively shorter, the range of species expand from Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, India and Sumatra.

     In Jordan it is common to occur round the dead sea area, this species adapt to the desert conditions and inhabit the same caves with Rhinopoma hardwickei and Taphozous nudiventris .

     R.microphyllum of colonial and the two sexes occupy separate roosts during the summer and autumn months. They appear to leave the area from October to May, properly to hibernate somewhere ells and female give birth in June or July.