Mops gallagheri

(D. L. Harrison, 1975)

Gallagher'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

Harrison, D.L. 1975. A new species of African free-tailed bat (Chiroptera: Molossidae) obtained by the Zaire River Expedition. Mammalia 39(2):313-318.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1975.39.2.313

Original name as described

Tadarida (Chaerephon) gallagheri

Other common names

Gallagher's Wrinkle-lipped Bat · Zaire Gland-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1976.207 (= HZM 1.7797)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6a9b985a-39a4-40c8-9841-d7fa4282e475 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b7391ad-00ec-45ef-9e7d-4a64dd07a826

Type locality

"Scierie Forest, 30 km S W of Kindu, Zaire [= DR Congo], 3° 10' S, 25° 49' E)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005151

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) gallagheri

(D. L. Harrison, 1975)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

gallagheri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1976.207 (= HZM 1.7797)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6a9b985a-39a4-40c8-9841-d7fa4282e475 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b7391ad-00ec-45ef-9e7d-4a64dd07a826

Authority page

313

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Chaerephon gallagheri

(Freeman, 1981)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

gallagheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787013

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Freeman (1981:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Koopman (1993:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  4. Koopman (1994:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops gallagheri

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

gallagheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005151

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4311/22019365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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