Otomops wroughtoni

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Wroughton's 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

Thomas, O. 1913-04-21. On a remarkable new free-tailed bat from southern Bombay. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22(1):87-91.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154978

Original name as described

Nyctinomus wroughtoni

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f153fcab-6d11-4080-86e9-b07e72dcc90a

Type locality

"Barapede Cave, near Talewadi [Kanara], S. India."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Cambodia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005245

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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.

Nyctinomus wroughtoni

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

wroughtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f153fcab-6d11-4080-86e9-b07e72dcc90a

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154978

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Otomops wroughtoni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Molossidae

Root name

wroughtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:213, 214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15646/22112971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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