Mimetillus moloneyi

(O. Thomas, 1891)

Moloney's Mimic Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Mimetillus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1891-06-01. Descriptions of three new bats in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)7(42):527-530.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243482

Original name as described

Vesperugo (Vesperus) Moloneyi

Other common names

Moloney's Flat-headed Bat · Moloney's Flat-headed Vesper Bat · Thomas's Mimic Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1891.5.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a5538936-afbe-4cc0-8f87-9be2b5eeb98a

Type locality

"Lagos, West Africa [= Nigeria]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Malawi · Zambia · Angola · Mozambique · Zimbabwe

Taxonomy notes

tentatively includes thomasi pending further research, which is sometimes recognized as a distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Cotterill, F. P. D., & Schoeman, M. C. (2010). Bats of southern Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. · Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., & Schoeman, M. C. (2020). Bats of southern and central Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Wits University Press.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005739

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.

Vesperugo (Vesperus) Moloneyi

(O. Thomas, 1891)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

moloneyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.5.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a5538936-afbe-4cc0-8f87-9be2b5eeb98a

Authority page

528

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243482

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mimetillus thomasi

Hinton, 1920

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.11.3.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/203e7964-7a28-47da-9f68-2761791015f0

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240038

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mimetillus Berneri

Monard, 1933

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

berneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1326.04

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles

Name usages

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

Mimetillus moloneyi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

moloneyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

71

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13556/22105391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mimetillus moloneyi moloneyi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

moloneyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mimetillus moloneyi thomasi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mimetillus moloneyi berneri

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

berneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

817

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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