Mops condylurus

(A. Smith, 1833)

Angolan Free-tailed Bat

Hand-held animal. Also as Angolan Mops Bat|Knob-tailed Mops Bat|Knob-tailed Nyctinome.
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Location:South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, NyalaziDate taken:Jan 1, 1975

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 213

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Mops
Subgenus : Mops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1833. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)1(2):49-64.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968170

Original name as described

Nyctinomus Condylurus

Other common names

Angolan Mops Bat · Knob-tailed Mops Bat · Knob-tailed Nyctinome

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Mali · Guinea-Bissau · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Somalia · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005210

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.

Total: 21 names and synonyms.

Nyctinomus Condylurus

(A. Smith, 1833)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

condylurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968170

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Allen (1939:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Dysopes hepaticus

(von Heuglin, 1864)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

hepaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45611097

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

  1. Heuglin (1877:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nyctinomus hepaticus

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

hepaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704431

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

Nyctinomus angolensis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1870)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4904

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16192947

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Dobson (1878:429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34111)
  2. Bocage (1889:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  3. Matschie (1895:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  4. Seabra (1900:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68462)
  5. Trouessart (1904:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Chærephon angolensis

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15629074

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1910:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15629074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11491)

Chærephon emini

(Wroughton, 1911)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

emini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

458

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099121

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mops angolensis

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Molossidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16467)
  2. Allen (1939:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  3. Hill & Carter (1941:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Mops (Allomops) osborni

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, H. Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Family

Molossidae

Root name

osborni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49230

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49230

Authority page

473

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Mops angolensis wonderi

Sanborn, 1936

Family

Molossidae

Root name

wonderi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:42138

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=33bf1c11-be73-4d15-8353-e24130bb2ec2

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2831448

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Allen (1939:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Mops angolensis angolensis

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Molossidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782197

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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