Mops spurrelli

(Dollman, 1911)

Spurrell's 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

Dollman, G. 1911-02-01. Description of a new genus of molossine bats from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7(38):210-212.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098172

Original name as described

Xiphonycteris spurrelli

Other common names

Spurrell's Mops Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.1.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5150e9a5-9835-401f-87e0-2461ead44588

Type locality

"Bibianaha, 60 miles [= 97 km] W. of Kumasi, Gold Coast [= Ghana]. Altitude 700 feet [= 213 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Ghana · Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Togo · Republic of the Congo?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005221

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Xiphonycteris spurrelli

Dollman, 1911

Family

Molossidae

Root name

spurrelli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.1.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bibianaha, 60 miles W. of Kumasi, Gold Coast. Altitude 700 feet.

Type locality

Ghana.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5150e9a5-9835-401f-87e0-2461ead44588

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098172

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Mops spurrelli:

Freeman, 1981

Family

Molossidae

Root name

spurrelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787022

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Freeman (1981:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1993:237) (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)
Fahr, Djossa & Vierhaus (2006:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1766)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Van Cakenberghe & Seamark (2021:557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59994)
Simmons & Cirranello (2022:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67562)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13848/22078917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida (Mops) spurrelli:

Legendre, 1984

Family

Molossidae

Root name

spurrelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41303866

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

Legendre (1984:429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41303866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11384)
Corbet & Hill (1991:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Happold & Happold (2013:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

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