Mops leucogaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Mops
Species: Mops leucogaster

Name

Mops leucogaster (A. Grandidier, 1869)

• Neotype: FMNH 176137, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Vola Razakarivony on 11 November 2002. [designated by Ratrimomanarivo, Goodman, Stanley, Naidoo, Taylor & Lamb (2009: 28)]
• Type locality: “Mahab, au Ménabé”, redesignated by neotype designation to “in the Menabe Region of western coastal Madagascar, specifically at Belo sur Mer (20°44.139'S, 44°00.266'E) at 10 m above sea level” by Ratrimomanarivo, Goodman, Stanley, Naidoo, Taylor & Lamb (2009: 28).

Combinations

• Nyctinomus leucogaster Grandidier, 1869: 337 [original combination]

Synonyms

• websteri Dollman, 1908
• cristatus J. A. Allen, 1917
• frater J. A. Allen, 1917
• nigri Hatt, 1928

Native distribution areas

• Madagascar
• Comores
• Mayotte
• Tanzania: Pemba Island

References

Primary references

• Grandidier, A. 1869. Description de quelques animaux nouveaux découverts, pendant l'année 1869, sur la côte ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée 21: 337–342. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ramasindrazana, B. 2021. IUCN: Mops leucogaster  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T40038A22061204. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40038A22061204.en. Accessed on 04 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Grandidier's Free-tailed Bat