Ozimops kitcheneri

(N. L. McKenzie, Reardon, & M. Adams in Reardon, N. L. McKenzie, S. J. B. Cooper, B. Appleton, Carthew, & M. Adams, 2014)

Southwestern Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. and Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62(2):109-136.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO13082

Original name as described

Mormopterus kitcheneri

Other common names

Western Free-tailed Bat · Western Mastiff Bat

Type material

WAM M60848

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"20 km north-west of Balladonia, Western Australia. 32.252°S, 123.431°E."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Mormopterus to Ozimops

Taxonomy notes citation

Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. and Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62(2):109-136. doi:10.1071/ZO13082 · Jackson, S. and Groves, C.P. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, 529 pp. a#34474

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005249

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Mormopterus kitcheneri

N. L. McKenzie, Reardon, & M. Adams in Reardon, N. L. McKenzie, S. J. B. Cooper, B. Appleton, Carthew, & M. Adams, 2014

Family

Molossidae

Root name

kitcheneri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M60848

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

20 km north-west of Balladonia, Western Australia. 32.252*S, 123.431*E. Mist-netted over roadside dam on 12 November 2007. Collectors: Terry Reardon, Michael Pennay, April Reside and Annette Scanlon.

Type locality

Australia: Western Australia: 32°15′7″S, 123°25′52″E.

Authority page

126

Authority publication

Australian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

Reardon, McKenzie, Cooper, Appleton, Carthew & Adams (2014:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29469)
Jackson & Groves (2015:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Ozimops kitcheneri:

S. Jackson & Groves, 2015

Family

Molossidae

Root name

kitcheneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

260

Authority publication

Clayton South

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71532724/209534747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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