Mops pumilus

(Cretzschmar, 1830)

Little 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

Cretzschmar, P.J. 1830. [Heft 18, pl. 27-28]. Pp. 69–73 in Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826-1831. Säugethiere. Pp. 1–78 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 78+55+24+47+141 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140684 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140685

Original name as described

Dysopes pumilus

Other common names

Lesser Free-tailed Bat · Little Wrinkle-lipped Bat · White-bellied Free-tailed Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4311

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Massawa, Eritrea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Equatorial Guinea · Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Somalia · Uganda · Kenya · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Zambia · Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini · Saudi Arabia · Yemen

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. pusillus; moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., & Ratrimomanarivo, F. H. (2007). The taxonomic status of Chaerephon pumilus from the western Seychelles: resurrection of the name C. pusillus for an endemic species. Acta Chiropterologica, 9(2), 391-399. · 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/1005159

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.

Dysopes pumilus

(Cretzschmar, 1830)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4311

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

69, pl. 27 (fig. a)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140684 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140685

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Nyctinomus pusilus

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pusilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814720

Authority publication

Paris

Nyctinomus pumilus

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026404

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:501, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  2. Lesson (1842:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Fitzinger (1870:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)
  4. Dobson (1878:427, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34111)
  5. Rochebrune (1883:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  6. Thomas (1890:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31014647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35263)
  7. Matschie (1895:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  8. Lorenz-Liburnau (1898:455, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66745)
  9. Seabra (1900:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68462)
  10. Thomas (1904:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16321)

Dysopes dubius

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

dubius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 85539

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

758

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056772

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1852:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Dysopes limbatus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

limbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.704, ZMB 537, ZMB 538, ZMB 539, ZMB 85519, ZMB 85520

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94c0444f-c477-4083-8005-79a4b790473e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a02117cb-ebe8-4a11-b023-3b30ab810ce1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d12fbdc6-e028-4b41-8c2a-d24d6d76b1f4

Authority page

758

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056772

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1852:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  2. Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio limbatus

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

limbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Nyctinomus limbatus

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

limbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704436

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1870:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)
  2. Dobson (1878:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34111)
  3. Bocage (1889:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  4. Noack (1891:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)
  5. Matschie (1895:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  6. Lorenz-Liburnau (1898:454, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66745)
  7. Seabra (1900:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68462)
  8. Thomas (1904:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16321)
  9. Thomas (1904:407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)

Nyctinomus gambianus

(de Winton, 1901)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.10.7.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/49f3b65f-1aa7-4f8c-99cc-529d8a7288ee https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6296a255-4fe8-42d9-9df4-9ddeeca38b15

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344899

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus Hindei

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

hindei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.3.2.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dd658ee0-77aa-4743-9798-ae884e2beb71

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108296

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)

Chaerophon limbatus

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

limbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Chærephon pumilus

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

319

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:319, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)
  2. Thomas (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16467)
  3. Hollister (1916:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35049)
  4. Shortridge (1934:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  5. Hill & Carter (1941:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  6. Sanborn & Hoogstraal (1953:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15415)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Goodman & Ratrimomanarivo (2007:398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1452)
  9. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)

Chærephon pumilus naivashæ

(Hollister, 1916)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

naivashae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:166658

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32234f139-3b57-4240-8260-4c811a45b817

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837321

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Hollister (1916:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35049)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Chærephon pumilus pumilus

(Hollister, 1916)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837321

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Hollister (1916:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35049)
  2. Sanborn & Hoogstraal (1953:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15415)

Chaerephon limbatus

(P. S. Kershaw, 1923)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

limbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989861

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Kershaw (1923:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  2. Hill & Carter (1941:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Chaerophon pumilus elphicki

(A. Roberts, 1926)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

elphicki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2488

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

245

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Choerephon (Lophomops) langi

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

langi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6554

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Chaerephon (Lophomops) shortridgei langi

(Shortridge, 1934)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

langi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Chaerephon pumilus limbatus

(Shortridge, 1934)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

limbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

75

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Tadarida (Chaerephon) faini

(Hayman, 1951)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

faini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 20509

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

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

Tadarida pumila limbata

(Eisentraut, 1963)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

limbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

Eisentraut (1963:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

Tadarida pumila

(Eisentraut, 1963)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

  1. Eisentraut (1963:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  2. Nader (1975:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67725)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Tadarida pumila pumila

(Nader, 1975)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

340

Authority publication

Journal of Zoology, London

Name usages

Nader (1975:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67725)

Chaerephon pumila

(Freeman, 1981)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787014

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Freeman (1981:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Koopman (1993:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  4. Koopman (1994:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

C. p. elphicki

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

elphicki

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. faini

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

faini

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. gambianus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

gambianus

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. hindei

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

hindei

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. langi

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

langi

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. limbata

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

limbatus

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. pumila

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

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)

Mops pumilus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005159

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/67362271/22018113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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