Russet free-tailed bat

{{Short description|Species of bat}}

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| name = Russet free-tailed bat

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Mickleburgh, S. |author2=Hutson, A.M. |author3=Bergmans, W. |author4=Fahr, J. |author5=Cotterill, F.P.D. |date=2019 |title=Chaerephon russatus |volume=2019 |page=e.T4319A22017886 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4319A22017886.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| genus = Mops

| species = russatus

| authority = J.A. Allen, 1917

| synonyms = Chaerephon russata}}

The russet free-tailed bat (Mops russatus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, and Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.