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Mops niangarae J. A. Allen 1917

Description

Mops niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37:468.

TYPE LOCALITY: Zaire, Niangara.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the holotype.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Mops. Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori; Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as a subspecies of Tadarida congica (= Mops congicus). Freeman (1981: 111, 159) considered it a distinct species pending collection of additional specimens.

Notes

Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 236, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060

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Biodiversity

Family
Molossidae
Genus
Mops
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Species
niangarae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mops niangarae Allen, 1917 sec. Koopman, 1993

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.
  • Hayman, R. W., and J. E. Hill. 1971. Order Chiroptera. Part 2. Pp. 1 - 73, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 15 Jul 1971]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.
  • Freeman, P. W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 7: 1 - 173.