Mops bemmeleni

(Jentink, 1879)

Gland-tailed 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

Jentink, F.A. 1879. On a new bat, _Nyctinomus bemmeleni_, from Liberia. Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden 1:125-127.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9631004

Original name as described

Nyctinomus Bemmeleni

Other common names

Gland-tailed Wrinkle-lipped Bat · Van Bemmelen's Wrinkle-lipped Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.21649.a, RMNH.MAM.21649.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21649.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21649.b

Type locality

"Liberia."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Burkina Faso? · Cote d'Ivoire · Cameroon · Central African Republic? · South Sudan · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Tanzania · Rwanda?

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/1005147

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.

Nyctinomus Bemmeleni

(Jentink, 1879)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bemmeleni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.21649.a, RMNH.MAM.21649.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21649.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21649.b

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9631004

Authority publication

Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden

Nyctinomus cisturus

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cisturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.7.4.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/345b0814-39c4-4208-8e0b-d13ad08bdcf1

Authority page

502

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993268

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)
  2. Thomas (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16467)

Tadarida bemmeleni

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bemmeleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Chaerephon bemmelini

(Freeman, 1981)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bemmelini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787012

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Freeman (1981:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  2. Koopman (1994:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Chaerephon bemmeleni

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bemmeleni

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. Koopman (1993:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida bemmelini

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bemmelini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

88

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

C. b. bemmelini

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bemmelini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

C. b. cisturus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cisturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Chaerephon bemmeleni bemmeleni

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bemmeleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Chaerephon bemmeleni cistura

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cisturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops bemmeleni

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bemmeleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005147

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4307/22020379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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