Mormopterus acetabulosus

(Hermann, 1804)

Mauritian Little Mastiff Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Mormopterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hermann, J. 1804. Observationes zoologicae, quibus novae complures aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur. Amandus Koenig, Strasbourg, 328 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13419927

Original name as described

Vespertilio acetabulosus

Other common names

Mauritian Free-tailed Bat · Natal Free-tailed Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:187489

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9622dae2-5a4d-476f-8856-39a22d66e028

Type locality

Port Louis, Mauritius.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritius · South Africa? · Madagascar?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005224

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.

Vespertilio acetabulosus

(Hermann, 1804)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

acetabulosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:187489

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9622dae2-5a4d-476f-8856-39a22d66e028

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13419927

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Oken (1816:924, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60297)
  2. Fischer (1817:424, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10129049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62440)
  3. Gray (1821:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)

rhinopome de la Caroline

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

carolinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953702

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1813:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38609)

Rh. carolinense

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

carolinense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Authority page

926

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375673

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

Oken (1816:926, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60297)

Rhinopoma caroliniensis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1819)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

caroliniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19430819

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Lesson (1827:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

nyctinomus acetabulosus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

acetabulosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523881

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Lesson (1827:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Fitzinger (1870:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)
  5. Dobson (1878:440, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34111)

Nictinomus acetabulosus

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

acetabulosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528916

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Rhinopoma carolinense

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

carolinense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

872

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529633

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:872, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Fischer (1829:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Le Conte (1856:437, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15055)

Nyctinomus mauritianus

(Horsfield, 1823)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mauritianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

FMNH:Mamm:187489

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9622dae2-5a4d-476f-8856-39a22d66e028

Authority page

pl. 6 unnumbered p. 9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47292899

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Horsfield (1823:@pl. 6 unnumbered p. 9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47292899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59257)

Rhinopoma carolinensis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1827)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

carolinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25310542

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1827:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25310542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67439)
  2. Gray (1838:486, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)

Molossus acetabulosus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

acetabulosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Nyctinomus dubius

(A. Smith, 1833)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

dubius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968170

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

Rhinopoma dubia

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

dubius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Dysopes natalensis

(A. Smith, 1847)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577903

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1847:pl. 49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67661)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Dysopes acetabulosus

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

acetabulosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Molossus natalensis

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

763

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942148

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:763, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37090)

Mormopterus acetabulosus

W. C. H. Peters, 1881

Family

Molossidae

Root name

acetabulosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

483

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39003578

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1881:483, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39003578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68450)
  2. Freeman (1981:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Happold & Happold (2013:473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71733227/22085232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida acetabulosus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

acetabulosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

79

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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