Mops niveiventer

Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926

White-bellied 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

Cabrera, Á. and Ruxton, A.E. 1926-05-01. On mammals from Luluabourg, southern Congo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)17(101):591-602.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633448

Original name as described

Mops angolensis niveiventer

Other common names

White-bellied Mops Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1926.7.6.109

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Luluabourg (= Kananga), Kasaï-Central Province, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Mozambique · Malawi?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005218

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.

Mops angolensis niveiventer

Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926

Family

Molossidae

Root name

niveiventer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.7.6.109

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

594

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mops chitauensis

J. Eric Hill, 1937

Family

Molossidae

Root name

chitauensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88116

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88116

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Hill & Carter (1941:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Tadarida niveiventer

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

niveiventer

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)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Mops niveiventer

Freeman, 1981

Family

Molossidae

Root name

niveiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787022

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Freeman (1981:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Koopman (1993:236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13845/22078081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

M. d. niveiventer

Koopman, 1994

Family

Molossidae

Root name

niveiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

141

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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