Ozimops beccarii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1881)

Beccari's Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 484, fig. 5.

Original name as described

Mormopterus beccarii

Other common names

Beccari's Mastiff Bat

Type locality

"Amboina [= Ambon, Indonesia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

moved from Mormopterus to Ozimops

Taxonomy notes citation

Reardon, T. B., McKenzie, N. L., Cooper, S. J. B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S., & Adams, M. (2014). A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Australian journal of zoology, 62(2), 109-136. · Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005246

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.

Nyctinomus astrolabiensis

(A. B. Meyer, 1899)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

astrolabiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471553

Authority publication

Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden

Tadarida beccarii

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

beccarii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

79

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Mormopterus beccarii astrolabiensis

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

astrolabiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Mormopterus beccarii beccarii

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

beccarii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Ozimops beccarii astrolabiensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Molossidae

Root name

astrolabiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

669

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Ozimops beccarii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Molossidae

Root name

beccarii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

669

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13880/209551736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ozimops beccarii beccarii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Molossidae

Root name

beccarii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

669

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mormopterus beccarii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1881)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

beccarii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

484

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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