Mops demonstrator

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Mongalla Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Molossidae
Subfamily: Molossinae
Genus: Mops
Subgenus: Mops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1903-11-01. Three new species of Nyctinomus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12(71):501-505.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993270

Original name as described

Nyctinomus demonstrator

Other common names

Mongalla Mops Bat · Mongallan Mops Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1902.7.4.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0801a177-308f-41eb-a6f1-4bed0ea3a823

Type locality

"Mangala [= Mongalla], N. of Gondokoro [Island], " Bahr el Jebel (= White Nile river), Equatoria Province, South Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ghana · South Sudan · Sudan · Uganda · Benin? · Central African Republic? · Chad? · Nigeria? · Togo?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005212

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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.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Nyctinomus demonstrator

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Molossidae

Root name

demonstrator

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.7.4.3

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mangala, N. of Gondokoro

Type locality

South Sudan: 5°12′N, 31°46′12″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0801a177-308f-41eb-a6f1-4bed0ea3a823

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993270

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mops demonstrator:

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Molossidae

Root name

demonstrator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Thomas (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16467)
Allen (1939:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Freeman (1981:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1993:236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Van Cakenberghe & Seamark (2021:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59994)
Simmons & Cirranello (2022:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67562)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13840/22075708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mops (Allomops) faradjius

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, H. Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Family

Molossidae

Root name

faradjius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49222

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Faradje, northeastern Belgian Congo

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49222

Authority page

476

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Tadarida (Mops) demonstrator:

Koopman, 1975

Family

Molossidae

Root name

demonstrator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

428

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Koopman (1975:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Legendre (1984:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41303865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11384)
Corbet & Hill (1991:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Happold & Happold (2013:509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

M. d. demonstrator:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Molossidae

Root name

demonstrator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

141

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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