Mops mops

(de Blainville, 1840)

Malayan 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

Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1840. Ostéographie des Chéiroptères (Vespertilio, L.). Pp. 1–104 in Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1839-1840. Ostéographie ou description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères recents et fossiles pour servir de la base à la zoologie et à la géologie. Tome Premier. Primatès – Secundatès. J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991261 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991263

Original name as described

Molossus Mops

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005215

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 mops

(F. Cuvier, 1822)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

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

Dysopes labiatus

(Temminck, 1826)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

228

Authority publication

Paris

Dysopes tenuis

(Temminck, 1826)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

tenuis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

228

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Dysopes Moops

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

moops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207568

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Molossus Mops

(de Blainville, 1840)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

101, 103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991261 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991263

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

  1. Blainville (1840:101, 103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37123)
  2. Blainville (1840:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37123)

Mops indicus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Molossidae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Peters (1866:574 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35169035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66062)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nyctinomus mops

(Dobson, 1878)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695497

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Dobson (1878:431, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34111)

Mops mops

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

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. Freeman (1981:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Koopman (1993:236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13842/22079559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida mops

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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