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Mops (Mops) trevori J. A. Allen 1917

Description

Mops (Mops) trevori J. A. Allen 1917

Mops (Mops) trevori J. A. Allen 1917, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37: 468.

Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Faradje.

Vernacular Names: Trevor's Free-tailed Bat.

Distribution: NE Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Ghana, Nigeria.

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

Discussion: Subgenus Mops. Formerly included niangarae; see Peterson (1972) and Freeman (1981). Specimens reported as congicus from Ghana and Nigeria actually represent trevori (J. Fahr, pers. comm.).

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 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Molossidae
Genus
Mops
Species
trevori
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mops (Mops) trevori Allen, 1917 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Peterson, R. L. 1972. Systematic status of the African molossid bats Tadarida congica, T. niangarae and T. trevori. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences, Contribution, 85: 1 - 32.
  • Freeman, P. W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 7: 1 - 173.