Ozimops kitcheneri

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

Southwestern 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

Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. and 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.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO13082

Original name as described

Mormopterus kitcheneri

Other common names

Western Free-tailed Bat · Western Mastiff Bat

Type material

WAM M60848

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"20 km north-west of Balladonia, Western Australia. 32.252°S, 123.431°E."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described; 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/1005249

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.

Mormopterus kitcheneri

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

Family

Molossidae

Root name

kitcheneri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M60848

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

126

Authority publication

Australian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Reardon, McKenzie, Cooper, Appleton, Carthew & Adams (2014:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29469)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Ozimops kitcheneri

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Molossidae

Root name

kitcheneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

670

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71532724/209534747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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