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Chaerephon bemmeleni Jentink 1879

Description

Chaerephon bemmeleni Jentink 1879

Chaerephon bemmeleni Jentink 1879, Notes Leyden Mus., 1: 125.

Type Locality: Liberia.

Vernacular Names: Gland-tailed Free-tailed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Chaerephon bemmeleni subsp. bemmeleni Jentink 1879

Subspecies Chaerephon bemmeleni subsp. cistura Thomas 1903

Distribution: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon, Sudan, Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: bivittatus species group. Includes cistura; see Koopman (1975) and Peterson (1971). Revised by Peterson (1971).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, pp. 432-451 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 433, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Jentink
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Molossidae
Genus
Chaerephon
Species
bemmeleni
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chaerephon bemmeleni Jentink, 1879 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 12: 234 - 243.
  • Koopman, K. F. 1975. Bats of the Sudan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 154: 353 - 444.
  • Peterson, R. L. 1971. The systematic status of the African molossid bats Tadarida bemmeleni and Tadarida cistura. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 49: 1347 - 1354.