Mops bregullae

(Felten, 1964)

Fijian 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

Felten, H. 1964-03-13. Zur Taxionomie indo-australischer Fledermäuse der Gattung Tadarida (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Senckenbergiana biologica 45(1):1-13.

Original name as described

Tadarida jobensis bregullae

Other common names

Fiji Free-tailed Bat · Fijian Mastiff Bat · Fiji Mastiff Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:21845

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Malo [Island], Neue Hebriden [= New Hebrides]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

Vanuatu · Fiji

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005149

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 jobensis bregullae

(Felten, 1964)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bregullae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:21845

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

Felten (1964:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66667)

Chaerephon bregullae

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bregullae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops bregullae

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bregullae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005149

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4309/209550994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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