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.

Original name as described

Nyctinomus wroughtoni

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

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

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Cambodia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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