Mops condylurus
Creators
- 1. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany & Corresponding author: E-mail: J. Decher @ zfmk. de
- 2. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- 3. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany & Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- 4. Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, 4240 Campus Dr., Lima, OH 45804, USA
- 5. Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire
- 6. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
- 7. All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland & Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
Description
New material
ZFMK 2008.0308 +309, ♀♀, OU, 1 March 2008; ZFMK 2009.0034, ♀, PF, 9 December 2008; ZFMK 2009.0035, ♂, PF, 11 December 2008.
Four individuals of this molossid were captured, two on the OU ridge and two on the PF ridge. Fahr et al. (2006) mention an earlier record from Ziama. In Sierra Leone, it is known from 20 specimens from Gola Forest Camp (4 mi S Lalehun); and from Fadugu and Fintonia in the Northern Province (Grubb et al., 1998; Monadjem and Fahr, 2007: App. 11, USNM). Rosevear (1965: 337) stated that this species is widely distributed “from the arid Sahel woodland to the evergreen rainforest belt, though most of the records for the latter are from places where the forest has been much destroyed”. Natural roost sites are holes in trunks and branches of hollow trees, but this species has adapted to form large colonies in roofs and can “become a major pest in dwellings and stores” (Rosevear, 1965: 338).
Conservation status
Least Concern. A widely distributed and common species. Population trend unknown (IUCN, 2015).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3943621 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFA57959FFFAFFDD773AFFD41E30545D (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- OU , ZFMK
- Event date
- 2008-03-01 , 2008-12-09 , 2008-12-11
- Family
- Molossidae
- Genus
- Mops
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- ZFMK 2008.0308 , ZFMK 2009.0034 , ZFMK 2009.0035
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- A. Smith
- Species
- condylurus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2008-03-01 , 2008-12-09 , 2008-12-11
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mops condylurus (Smith, 1833) sec. Decher, Hoffmann, Schaer, Orris, Kadjo, Astrin, Monadjem & Hutterer, 2015
References
- FAHR, J., B. A. DJOSSA, and H. VIERHAUS. 2006. Rapid assessment of bats (Chiroptera) in the Dere, Diecke and Mt. Bero classified forests, Southeastern Guinea; including a review of the distribution of bats in Guinee Forestiere. Pp. 168 - 180, in A rapid biological assessment of three classified forests in southeastern Guinea (H. E. WRIGHT, J. MC- CULLOUGH, L. E. ALONSO, and M. S. DIALLO, eds.). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 40. Conservation International, Washington, D. C., 248 pp.
- GRUBB, P., T. S. JONES, A. G. DAVIES, E. EDBERG, E. D. STARIN, and J. E. HILL. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp.
- ROSEVEAR, D. R. 1965. The bats of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London.
- IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. Available at http: // www. iucnredlist. org. Downloaded on 12 June 2015.