Mormopterus francoismoutoui
Goodman, Jansen van Vuuren, F. Ratrimomanarivo, Probst, & Bowie, 2008
Reunion 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
Authority citation
Goodman, S.M., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Ratrimomanarivo, F., Probst, J.-M. and Bowie, R.C.K. 2008-10. Specific status of populations in the Mascarene Islands referred to _Mormopterus acetabulosus_ (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy 89(5):1316-1327.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-232.1Original name as described
Mormopterus francoismoutoui
Other common names
Moutou's Free-tailed Bat · Reunion Free-tailed Bat
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:193986
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"La Réunion, Commune de La Possession, Pont de Balthazar, 2.2 km SSW La Possession, 20° 56.732' S, 55° 19.484' E, 40 m."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Réunion
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Goodman, S. M., Van Vuuren, B. J., Ratrimomanarivo, F., Probst, J. M., & Bowie, R. C. K. (2008). Specific status of populations in the Mascarene Islands referred to Mormopterus acetabulosus (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(5), 1316-1327.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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