''Mops'' (mastiff bats or free-tailed bats) is a genus of bats in the family
Molossidae. Molecular sequence data indicates that ''Mops'' and ''
Chaerephon
Chaerephon (; grc-gre, Χαιρεφῶν, ''Chairephōn''; c. 470/460 – 403/399 BCE), of the Athenian deme Sphettus, was an ancient Greek best remembered as a loyal friend and follower of Socrates. He is known only through brief descriptions ...
'' 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
MOPS (3-(''N''-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid) is a buffer introduced in the 1960s, one of the twenty Good's buffers. It is a structural analog to MES, and like MES, its structure contains a morpholine ring. HEPES is a similar pH buffering ...
'' - greater mastiff bats
*Subgenus ''
Xiphonycteris''
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Spurrell's free-tailed bat, ''Mops spurrelli''
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Dwarf free-tailed bat, ''Mops nanulus''
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Peterson's free-tailed bat, ''Mops petersoni''
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Sierra Leone free-tailed bat, ''Mops brachypterus''
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Bakari's free-tailed bat, ''Mops bakarii''
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Railer bat, ''Mops thersites''
*Subgenus ''
Mops
MOPS (3-(''N''-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid) is a buffer introduced in the 1960s, one of the twenty Good's buffers. It is a structural analog to MES, and like MES, its structure contains a morpholine ring. HEPES is a similar pH buffering ...
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Angolan free-tailed bat, ''Mops condylurus''
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White-bellied free-tailed bat, ''Mops niveiventer''
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Mongalla free-tailed bat, ''Mops demonstrator''
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Malayan free-tailed bat, ''Mops mops''
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Sulawesi free-tailed bat, ''Mops sarasinorum''
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Trevor's free-tailed bat, ''Mops trevori''
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Midas free-tailed bat, ''Mops midas''
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Niangara free-tailed bat, ''Mops niangarae''
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Medje free-tailed bat, ''Mops congicus''
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Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat, ''Mops leucostigma''
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Bat genera
Taxa named by René Lesson
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