Mops major

(Trouessart, 1897)

Lappet-eared 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

Trouessart, É.L. 1897. Fasciculus 1. Pp. 1–218 in Trouessart, É.L. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Tomus I. R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin, 664 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404826

Original name as described

Nyctinomus pumilus Var. major

Other common names

Giant Gland-tailed Bat · Lappet-eared Wrinkle-lipped Bat · Large Wrinkle-lipped Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1849.2.8.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aff5ac78-f1ba-4eb6-ab51-e6952b86bbe7

Type locality

5th Cataract of the Nile, northern Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea · Liberia · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Sudan · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Zambia

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/1005156

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 pumilus Var. major

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1849.2.8.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aff5ac78-f1ba-4eb6-ab51-e6952b86bbe7

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404826

Authority publication

Berlin

Nyctinomus Emini

(de Winton, 1901)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

emini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.6.8.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/666176af-29aa-4598-8acb-e99c59e006bd

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344900

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1904:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16321)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Chaerephon (Lophomops) abæ

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

Family

Molossidae

Root name

abae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48887

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48887

Authority page

464

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Chærophon (Lophomops) abæ

(Hatt, 1928)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

abae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

376

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Hatt (1928:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67338)

Tadarida major

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Chaerephon major

(Freeman, 1981)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

major

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 (1994:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops major

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005156

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4314/22018874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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