Mops (Chaerephon)

Mops (Chaerephon)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Mops
Subgenus: Mops (Chaerephon)
Species (19): M. (C.) aloysiisabaudiae – M. (C.) ansorgei – M. (C.) atsinanana – M. (C.) bemmelini – M. (C.) bemmelini – M. (C.) bregullae – M. (C.) chapini – M. (C.) gallagheri – M. (C.) jobensis – M. (C.) johorensis – M. (C.) leucogaster – M. (C.) major – M. (C.) nigeriae – M. (C.) plicatus – M. (C.) pumilus – M. (C.) russatus – M. (C.) shortridgei – M. (C.) solomonis – M. (C.) solomonis

Name

• Mops (Chaerephon) Dobson, 1874

Synonyms

• Lophomops J.A. Allen, 1917
• Nyctinomus E. Geoffroy, 1818

Type Species: Molossus (Nyctinomus) johorensis Dobson, 1873

References

• Dobson, 1874. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 43: 144.
• Goodman, S.M. et al. 2010: Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in western Indian Ocean members of the Chaerephon ‘pumilus’ complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the description of a new species from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 2551: 1–36. Preview

Links

• Mops (Chaerephon) in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

• English: Lesser Mastiff Bats.