Mops niangarae

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

Niangara 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

Allen, J.A., Lang, H. and Chapin, J.P. 1917-09-29. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(18):405-563.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1068

Original name as described

Mops niangaræ

Other common names

Niangara Mops Bat · Niangaran Mops Bat

Type material

AMNH M-48901

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48901

Type locality

"Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005217

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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.

Mops niangaræ

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

Family

Molossidae

Root name

niangarae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48901

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48901

Authority page

468

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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 #13844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13844/22080151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida niangarae

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

Family

Molossidae

Root name

niangarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

522

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Happold & Happold (2013:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

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