Mops mops

(de Blainville, 1840)

Malayan 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

Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1840. Ostéographie des Chéiroptères (Vespertilio, L.). Pp. 1–104 in Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1839-1840. Ostéographie ou description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères recents et fossiles pour servir de la base à la zoologie et à la géologie. Tome Premier. Primatès – Secundatès. J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991261 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991263

Original name as described

Molossus Mops

Type material

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a6885 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-i-462 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1852 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1853

Type locality

Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia · Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005215

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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: 9 names and synonyms.

Dysopes mops

F. Cuvier, 1822

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

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

Dysopes labiatus

Temminck, 1826

Family

Molossidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Original type locality

L'île de Java est la seule partie du grand Archipel où l'espèce ait été observée; il est cependant probable qu'on la trouvera aussi à Sumatra et à Banda.

Type locality

Indonesia: Java.

Authority page

228

Authority publication

Paris

Dysopes tenuis:

Temminck, 1826

Family

Molossidae

Root name

tenuis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

228

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Dysopes Moops

Lesson, 1827

Family

Molossidae

Root name

moops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Original type locality

l'Inde

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra.

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207568

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Molossus Mops

de Blainville, 1840

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sumatra

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a6885 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-i-462 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1852 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1853

Authority page

101, 103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991261 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991263

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

Blainville (1840:101, 103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37123)
Blainville (1840:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37123)

Mops indicus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Molossidae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Inde continentale · Sumatra

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a6885 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-i-462 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1852 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1853

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Peters (1866:574 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35169035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66062)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nyctinomus mops:

Dobson, 1878

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695497

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Dobson (1878:431, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34111)
Trouessart (1904:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Mops mops:

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

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)
Chasen (1940:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
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 (1994:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Simmons & Cirranello (2022:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67562)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13842/22079559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida mops:

Medway, 1965

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Medway (1965:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
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)

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