Mops leucogaster

(A. Grandidier, 1869)

Grandidier'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

Grandidier, A. 1869. Description de quelques animaux nouveaux découverts, pendant l'année 1869, sur la côte ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée 21:337-342.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749361

Original name as described

Nyctinomus leucogaster

Other common names

Madagascan White-bellied Free-tailed Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:176137

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674905

Type locality

"Mahab [= Mahabo] au Ménabé," east of Morondava, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Ethiopia · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Zambia · Madagascar · Comoros · Mayotte

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/1005155

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 leucogaster

(A. Grandidier, 1869)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:176137

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2674905

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749361

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Chærephon websteri

(Dollman, 1908)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

websteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.10.6.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0cddd1d7-7b2b-4746-9b9a-28b84cd53b7d

Authority page

546

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494646

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Chaerephon (Lophomops) cristatus

(J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cristatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48844

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48844

Authority page

463

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hill & Carter (1941:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Chærephon frater

(J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

frater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49275

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49275

Authority page

456

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Chærophon (Lophomops) cristatus

(Hatt, 1928)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cristatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Hatt (1928:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67338)

Chærophon (Lophomops) nigri

(Hatt, 1928)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nigri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1956-577a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1956-577a

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

  1. Hatt (1928:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67338)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

C. p. frater

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

frater

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)

C. p. leucogaster

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

leucogaster

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)

C. p. nigri

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nigri

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)

C. p. websteri

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

websteri

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 leucogaster

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

leucogaster

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 #100000431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops leucogaster

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005155

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40038/22061204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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