Ozimops cobourgianus

(D. H. Johnson, 1959)

Northern Coastal 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

Authority citation

Johnson, D.H. 1959-11-04. Four new mammals from the Northern Territory of Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72:183-188.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641964

Original name as described

Tadarida loriae cobourgiana

Other common names

Mangrove Free-tailed Bat · Northwestern Freetail Bat · Western Little Free-tailed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:284243

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/321ed80a9-976a-4e20-aa1e-9dd8e61efa6b

Type locality

"Black Rock Point (on north shore of Van Diemen Gulf, 15 miles [= 24 km] southeast of Cape Don lighthouse), Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia (lat. 11° 26' S, long. 131° 56' E)."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

split from O. loriae; 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/1005247

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.

Tadarida loriae cobourgiana

(D. H. Johnson, 1959)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cobourgianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:284243

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/321ed80a9-976a-4e20-aa1e-9dd8e61efa6b

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641964

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Felten (1964:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66667)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

M. p. coburgiana

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

coburgiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

136

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Mormopterus loriae cobourgiana

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cobourgianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mormopterus cobourgianus

(Reardon, N. L. McKenzie, S. J. B. Cooper, B. Appleton, Carthew, & M. Adams, 2014)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cobourgianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Australian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Reardon, McKenzie, Cooper, Appleton, Carthew & Adams (2014:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29469)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Ozimops cobourgianus

S. Jackson & Groves, 2015

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cobourgianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

260

Authority publication

Clayton South

Name usages

  1. Jackson & Groves (2015:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71536513/209550699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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