Mops spurrelli
(Dollman, 1911)
Spurrell's 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 | : Xiphonycteris |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Dollman, G. 1911-02-01. Description of a new genus of molossine bats from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7(38):210-212.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098172Original name as described
Xiphonycteris spurrelli
Other common names
Spurrell's Mops Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1911.1.11.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5150e9a5-9835-401f-87e0-2461ead44588Type locality
"Bibianaha, 60 miles [= 97 km] W. of Kumasi, Gold Coast [= Ghana]. Altitude 700 feet [= 213 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo?
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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