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Otomops

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Chiroptera

Scientific name
  
Otomops

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Molossidae

Higher classification
  
Free-tailed bat

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Lower classifications
  
Large‑eared free‑tailed bat, Wroughton's free‑tailed bat, Javan mastiff bat, Big‑eared mastiff bat, Mantled mastiff bat

Otomops on the ceiling of a mt suswa lava tube


Otomops is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae. Molecular sequence data supports it as a monophyletic taxon, although not a number of other molossid genera.

Otomops contains the following species:

  • O. formosus, Javan mastiff bat
  • O. johnstonei, Johnstone's mastiff bat
  • O. madagascariensis, Madagascar free-tailed bat
  • O. martiensseni, large-eared free-tailed bat
  • O. papuensis, big-eared mastiff bat
  • O. secundus, mantled mastiff bat
  • O. wroughtoni, Wroughton's free-tailed bat
  • References

    Otomops Wikipedia