Mops midas

(Sundevall, 1843)

Midas 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 : Mops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sundevall, C.J. 1843. Om Professor J. Hedenborgs insamlingar af Däggdjur i Nordöstra Africa och Arabien. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 1842:189-244.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304062

Original name as described

Dysopes Midas

Other common names

Midas Bat · Midas Groove-cheeked Bat · Midas Mops Bat · Sundevall's Free-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.2.20, ZMB 535, ZSM 40

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b4e9cae3-e4bc-4962-b72e-67cbe75c1add

Type locality

"Bahr el Abiad [= White Nile river]," Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mali? · Senegal · Gambia? · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger? · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Sudan · Eritrea · Saudi Arabia · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda? · Botswana? · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · South Africa · Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005214

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 Midas

(Sundevall, 1843)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

midas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.2.20, ZMB 535, ZSM 40

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b4e9cae3-e4bc-4962-b72e-67cbe75c1add

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304062

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar

Nyctinomus Miarensis

(A. Grandidier, 1869)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

miarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1851

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1851

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33749361

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Tadarida midas

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

midas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

79

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Mops midas

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Molossidae

Root name

midas

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 #13841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13841/22079278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mops midas miarensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

miarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mops midas midas

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

midas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Molossus midas

(Hedenborg in Anonymous, 1839)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

midas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13244037

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Nyctinomus unicolor

(A. Grandidier, 1870)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33761477

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

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

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