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

Living
Found in the wild

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-232.1

Original 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 specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=89259c15-e433-47f4-b63d-1cb716cb5563

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005226

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.

Mormopterus francoismoutoui

Goodman, Jansen van Vuuren, F. Ratrimomanarivo, Probst, & Bowie, 2008

Family

Molossidae

Root name

francoismoutoui

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:193986

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=89259c15-e433-47f4-b63d-1cb716cb5563

Authority page

1318

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71727235/71727484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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