Mops pusillus

(G. S. Miller, 1902)

Seychelles 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

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-12-16. Two new tropical Old World bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15:245-246.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365110

Original name as described

Nyctinomus pusillus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:20991, USNM:MAMM:A37852

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/333a4e9c1-97a8-4b41-af16-89c568943c29

Type locality

"Aldabra Island [= Atoll, Seychelles], Indian Ocean."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Seychelles · Comoros · Mayotte

Taxonomy notes

split from pumilus; 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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005160

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 pusillus

(G. S. Miller, 1902)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:20991, USNM:MAMM:A37852

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/333a4e9c1-97a8-4b41-af16-89c568943c29

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365110

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Tadarida pusillus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pusillus

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)

C. p. pusillus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pusillus

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 pusillus

(S. M. Goodman & F. H. Ratrimomanarivo, 2007)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

398

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Goodman & Ratrimomanarivo (2007:398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1452)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops pusillus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005160

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4318/22017997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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