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Unfortunately, this little guy was found dead in our swimming pool. It was still very wet when I took the photos, so there is no way to know if the white underfur would have been covered in black in the way I assume it would. I turned it around and took three photos. Notice the long tail. Anyone can tell which species this likely is?

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Niels
 

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I have no references to hand, but it's certainly one of the free-tailed bats. Not sure how many species occur in Barbados but you should be able to narrow it down to a few species at least.

Edit: After a very quick google search, I would suggest the species is Molossus molossus.
 
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I have no references to hand, but it's certainly one of the free-tailed bats. Not sure how many species occur in Barbados but you should be able to narrow it down to a few species at least.

Edit: After a very quick google search, I would suggest the species is Molossus molossus.

Agree with this. It's a species of Molossidae for sure, and within that family only Molossus molossus is present in Barbados (where only 6 bat species are known: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256535577_Bats_of_Barbados)
 
They are supposed to be pretty good swimmers so I'm wondering if it collided with something and then landed in the pool. Poor thing.
 
Thanks KC. The good thing is that it is not an everyday event. We have been in this house around 9 months, and this is first time.

Niels
 
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