The Sumatran mastiff bat (Mormopterus doriae) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae, the free-tailed bats. It is only known from Sumatra in Indonesia. It was described in 1907 and has not been recorded since.
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starts withAndersen wrote that it was most similar in appearance to Peters's wrinkle-lipped bat, Mormopterus jugularis.
The holotype was collected in Soekaranda in the Deli Serdang Regency of northwest Sumatra, which is part of Indonesia.It was collected below 250 m (820 ft) above sea level.
As of 2016, the IUCN considers it as a data deficient species, meaning that there is not sufficient information available to evaluate threats to this species.Previously, it was considered vulnerable from 1996–2008.The only individual ever documented was the holotype described by Andersen in 1907.
