Mops brachypterus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Short-winged 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 : Xiphonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Hr. Peters legte von seinem Werke über Mossambique die erste Abtheilung der Säugethiere vor, und gab die Diagnosen der darin beschriebenen und abgebildeten neuen Arten. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:756-759.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Dysopes brachypterus

Other common names

Short-winged Mops Bat · Sierra Leone Free-tailed Bat · Sierra Leone Mops Bat · White-fingered Free-tailed Bat

Type material

ZMB 536, ZMB 85537

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Insula Mozambique," Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005209

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 ochraceus

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

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ochraceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48821

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48821

Authority page

455

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus leonis

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

leonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.12.23.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/17d481f4-d938-41d7-9b09-e7b38f8b37a4

Authority page

373

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494465

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Dysopes brachypterus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brachypterus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 536, ZMB 85537

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

Nyctinomus brachypterus

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brachypterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835420

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Tadarida brachypterus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brachypterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

79

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Tadarida leonis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

leonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

79

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Mops brachypterus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brachypterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13837/22075549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mops leonis

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Molossidae

Root name

leonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Mops brachypterus brachypterus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brachypterus

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 (2019:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops brachypterus leonis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

leonis

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 (2019:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brachyptera

(M. Happold & D. C. D. Happold, 2013)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brachyptera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

501

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Happold & Happold (2013:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

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