Mops nigeriae

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Nigerian 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

Thomas, O. 1913-03-01. On African bats and shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(63):314-321.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635880

Original name as described

Chaerephon nigeriae

Other common names

Nigerian Wrinkle-lipped Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.3.22.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef9d8e2d-9437-4541-8f35-6f03860c60da

Type locality

"Zaria Province, Northern Nigeria."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Ghana · Burkina Faso · Togo? · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe

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/1005157

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.

Chaerephon nigeriae

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nigeriae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.3.22.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef9d8e2d-9437-4541-8f35-6f03860c60da

Authority page

319

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635880

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida nigeriae

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nigeriae

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. Happold & Happold (2013:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Chaerephon nigeriae nigeriae

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nigeriae

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 (2019:647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Chaerephon nigeriae spillmani

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

spillmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

434

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Chaerephon nigeriae spillmanni

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

spillmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

647

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops nigeriae

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nigeriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005157

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4315/22018693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nyctinomus Spillmanni

(Monard, 1933)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

spillmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles

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