Mops atsinanana

(S. M. Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, F. Ratrimomanarivo, P. J. Taylor, & J. Lamb, 2010)

Madagascar 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

Authority citation

Goodman, S.M., Buccas, W., Naidoo, T., Ratrimomanarivo, F., Taylor, P.J. and Lamb, J. 2010-07-28. Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in western Indian Ocean members of the _Chaerephon 'pumilus'_ complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the description of a new species from Madagascar. Zootaxa 2551:1-36.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2551.1.1

Original name as described

Chaerephon atsinanana

Other common names

Eastern Madagascar Free-tailed Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:185259

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2684027

Type locality

"Madagascar: Province de Fianarantsoa, Farafangana, Collèges d'Enseignement Général (CEG) Fenoarivo, 22°49.275'S, 47°49.860'E, 10 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

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

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Buccas, W., Naidoo, T., Ratrimomanarivo, F., Taylor, P. J., & Lamb, J. (2010). Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in western Indian Ocean members of the Chaerephon'pumilus' complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the description of a new species from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 2551(1), 1-36. · 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/1005146

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.

Chaerephon atsinanana

(S. M. Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, F. Ratrimomanarivo, P. J. Taylor, & J. Lamb, 2010)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

atsinanana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:185259

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2684027

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops atsinanana

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

atsinanana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005146

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/67360705/67360707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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