Otomops papuensis

B. Lawrence, 1948

Papuan Giant Mastiff Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lawrence, B. 1948. A new bat, Otomops, from Papua. Journal of Mammalogy 29(4):413-414.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1375131

Original name as described

Otomops papuensis

Other common names

Big-eared Mastiff Bat · Papuan Free-tailed Bat · Papuan Mastiff Bat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:45769

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45769

Type locality

"Vailala River, Western Papua … flows into Gulf of Papua about fifteen 15 miles [= 24 km] west of Kerema," Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005243

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.

Otomops papuensis

B. Lawrence, 1948

Family

Molossidae

Root name

papuensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45769

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45769

Authority page

413

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15649/209523988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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