Otomops secundus

Hayman in Laurie, 1952

Mantled 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

Laurie, E.M.O. 1952. Mammals collected by Mr. Shaw Mayer in New Guinea, 1932–1949. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)1(10):269-318.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262596

Original name as described

Otomops secundus

Other common names

Mantled Free-tailed Bat · Mantled Mastiff Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1950.982

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45477a62-4f51-4ec1-9f95-2a2db421d220

Type locality

"Tapu, Upper Ramu River Plateau [Madang Province], NE. New Guinea [= Papua New Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005244

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 secundus

Hayman in Laurie, 1952

Family

Molossidae

Root name

secundus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1950.982

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45477a62-4f51-4ec1-9f95-2a2db421d220

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262596

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

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 #15650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15650) (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/1005244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15650/209524157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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