Ozimops kitcheneri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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: Ozimops
Species: Ozimops kitcheneri

Name

Ozimops kitcheneri (Reardon, McKenzie & Adams in Reardon et al., 2014)

• Holotype: WAM M60848, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Terry Reardon, Michael Pennay, April Reside and Annette Scanlon on 12 November 2007.
• Type locality: “20 km north-west of Balladonia, Western Australia. 32.252°S, 123.431°E”.

Combinations

• Mormopterus kitcheneri Reardon, McKenzie & Adams, 2014: 126 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Reardon, T., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S.M. & Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera : Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62(2): 109–136. DOI: 10.1071/ZO13082 Reference page. 

Links

• Reardon, T.B. & Armstrong, K.N. 2021. IUCN: Ozimops kitcheneri  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2020 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T71532724A209534747. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T71532724A209534747.en. Accessed on 26 August 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Southwestern Free-tailed Bat