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Mops (bat)
''Mops'' (mastiff bats or free-tailed bats) is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae. Molecular sequence data indicates that ''Mops'' and '' Chaerephon'' are not monophyletic taxa. However, the grouping of ''Chaerephon'' and ''Mops'' was found to be monophyletic when excluding ''C. jobimena''. Species within this genus are:Simmons, 2005, pp. 441–444; Stanley, 2008 Genus ''Mops'' - greater mastiff bats * Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat, ''Mops aloysiisabaudiae'' * Ansorge's free-tailed bat, ''Mops ansorgei'' *'' Mops atsinanana'' * Bakari's free-tailed bat, ''Mops bakarii'' *Gland-tailed free-tailed bat, ''Mops bemmeleni'' * Spotted free-tailed bat, ''Mops bivittatus'' * Sierra Leone free-tailed bat, ''Mops brachypterus'' * Fijian mastiff bat, ''Mops bregullae'' * Chapin's free-tailed bat, ''Mops chapini'' * Angolan free-tailed bat, ''Mops condylurus'' * Medje free-tailed bat, ''Mops congicus'' * Mongalla free-tailed bat, ''Mops demonstrator'' * Gallagher's free-tailed bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mops Bakarii
''Mops bakarii'' is a species of Mops_(bat), mastiff bat, described in 2008. It is endemic to Pemba Island, which lies in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania. Taxonomy ''Mops bakarii'' was species description, described as a new species in 2008. The holotype had been collected in 2006 in the attic of a hospital in the village of Kipangani near Ngezi Forest Reserve. Within the genus ''Mops'' it is in the subgenus ''Xiphonycteris''. Other species in this subgenus include the Sierra Leone free-tailed bat, Peterson's free-tailed bat, the dwarf free-tailed bat, Spurrell's free-tailed bat, and the Railer bat. The eponym for the specific epithet (zoology), species name "''bakarii''" was Bakari Asseid "to recognize his significant contributions to the conservation of natural habitats and biota of Zanzibar". References Mops (bat) Mammals described in 2008 Bats of Africa {{Molossidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |