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Mops (Mops) demonstrator Thomas 1903

Description

Mops (Mops) demonstrator Thomas 1903

Mops (Mops) demonstrator Thomas 1903, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 12: 504.

Type Locality: Sudan, Equatoria, Mongalla.

Vernacular Names: Mongallan Free-tailed Bat.

Synonyms: Mops (Mops) faradjius J. A. Allen 1917.

Distribution: Sudan, Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Ghana, perhaps Gambia (see Koopman, 1989).

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

Discussion: Subgenus Mops. Koopman (1993) suggested that demonstrator may include niveiventer.

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 442, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Molossidae
Genus
Mops
Species
demonstrator
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mops (Mops) demonstrator Thomas, 1903 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. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137 - 241, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., 1207 pp.