Mops thersites
(O. Thomas, 1903)
Railer 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
Thomas, O. 1903-12-01. Three new bats from the Cameroons, discovered by Mr. G.L. Bates. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12(72):633-635.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993404Original name as described
Nyctinomus thersites
Other common names
Railer Bat · Railer Mops Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.8.4
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/828aba11-3846-4217-8614-2b769324e2bdType locality
"Efulen, Cameroons [= Cameroon]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Uganda · Kenya
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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