Mops (bat)

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Molossinae Phylum Chordata Order Bat		Family Molossidae Scientific name Mops Rank Genus

Lower classifications Angolan free‑tailed bat, Midas free‑tailed bat, Malayan free‑tailed bat, Malagasy white‑bellied free‑taile, Railer bat

Mops 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 minus C. jobimena plus Mops was found to be monophyletic.

Species within this genus are:

Genus Mops - greater mastiff bats

Subgenus Xiphonycteris

Spurrell's free-tailed bat, Mops spurrelli

Dwarf free-tailed bat, Mops nanulus

Peterson's free-tailed bat, Mops petersoni

Mops leonis

Sierra Leone free-tailed bat, Mops brachyptera

Mops bakarii

Railer bat, Mops thersites

Subgenus Mops

Angolan free-tailed bat, Mops condylurus

White-bellied free-tailed bat, Mops niveiventer

Mongalla free-tailed bat, Mops demonstrator

Malayan free-tailed bat, Mops mops

Sulawesi free-tailed bat, Mops sarasinorum

Trevor's free-tailed bat, Mops trevori

Mops congica

Midas free-tailed bat, Mops midas

Niangara free-tailed bat, Mops niangarae

Medje free-tailed bat, Mops congicus

Mops leucostigma

References

Mops (bat) Wikipedia

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