Mops aloysiisabaudiae

(Festa, 1907)

Duke of Abruzzi's Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Mops
Subgenus : Chaerephon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino, vol. 22, 546, 1

Original name as described

Nyctinomus aloysii-sabaudiae

Other common names

Abruzzi's Wrinkle-lipped Bat · Duke of Abruzzi's Wrinkle-lipped Bat

Type material

MZACUT CG 2144

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Toro, western Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Cameroon · Gabon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Republic of the Congo?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement

Taxonomy notes citation

Gregorin, R., & Cirranello, A. (2016). Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data. Cladistics, 32(1), 2-35. · Simmons, N. B. and A. L. Cirranello (2020). https://batnames.org/explore.html. Accessed: 10 May 2020. URL: https://batnames.org/explore.html.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005144

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tadarida (Chaerephon) cyclotis

(Brosset, 1966)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cyclotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-1360

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-1360

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Biologica Gabonica

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nyctinomus aloysii-sabaudiae

(Festa, 1907)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aloysiisabaudiae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZACUT CG 2144

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino

Tadarida aloysiisabaudiae

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aloysiisabaudiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aloysiisabaudiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

205

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops aloysiisabaudiae

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aloysiisabaudiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005144

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4305/22020676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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