Mops nanulus

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

Dwarf 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: Xiphonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A., Lang, H. and Chapin, J.P. 1917-09-29. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(18):405-563.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1068

Original name as described

Mops (Allomops) nanulus

Other common names

Dwarf Mops Bat

Type material

AMNH M-48864

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48864

Type locality

"Niangara, Belgian Congo [= north-eastern DR Congo]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Benin · Cameroon · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Ethiopia · Gabon · Ghana · Guinea · Kenya · Liberia · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005216

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Mops (Allomops) nanulus

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

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nanulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48864

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Niangara, 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-48864

Authority page

477

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
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)
Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Decher, Hoffmann, Schaer, Norris, Kadjo, Astrin, Monadjem & Hutterer (2015:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27973)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Van Cakenberghe & Seamark (2021:554) (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/1005216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13843/22079835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mops calabarensis

Hayman in I. T. Sanderson, 1940

Family

Molossidae

Root name

calabarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.318

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ikotmbo, Calabar, S. Nigeria

Type locality

Nigeria.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/87021363-4a62-4333-a6c1-6855c9b02276

Authority page

677

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Tadarida (Mops) nanula:

Largen, Kock, & Yalden, 1974

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nanulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

253

Authority publication

Monitore Zoologico Italiano

Name usages

Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
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)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Happold & Happold (2013:520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Mops nanula:

Freeman, 1981

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nanulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787021

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Freeman (1981:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)

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