Ozimops ridei

(Felten, 1964)

Ride'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

Authority citation

Felten, H. 1964-03-13. Zur Taxionomie indo-australischer Fledermäuse der Gattung Tadarida (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Senckenbergiana biologica 45(1):1-13.

Original name as described

Tadarida loriae ridei

Other common names

Eastern Free-tailed Bat · Eastern Little Free-tailed Bat · Eastern Mastiff Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:17652

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

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/1005254

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 ridei

(Felten, 1964)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ridei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:17652

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Mormopterus loriae ridei

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ridei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mormopterus ridei

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

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ridei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

129

Authority publication

Australian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Reardon, McKenzie, Cooper, Appleton, Carthew & Adams (2014:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29469)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Ozimops ridei

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ridei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

671

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71533043/209550467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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