Mops ansorgei

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Ansorge's Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Mops
Subgenus : Chaerephon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1913-03-01. On African bats and shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(63):314-321.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635879

Original name as described

Nyctinomus ansorgei

Other common names

Ansorge's Wrinkle-lipped Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.8.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/798470ca-361d-4270-b45d-61db56975257

Type locality

"Malange [= Malanje], North Angola."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

moved from Chaerephon to Mops, although further research is needed to confirm this placement

Taxonomy notes citation

Gregorin, R. and Cirranello, A.L. 2016. Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data. Cladistics 32(1):2-35. doi:10.1111/cla.12117 · Simmons, N. B. and A. L. Cirranello (2020). https://batnames.org/explore.html. Accessed: 10 May 2020. URL: https://batnames.org/explore.html.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005145

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Nyctinomus ansorgei

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.8.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/798470ca-361d-4270-b45d-61db56975257

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635879

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)
Allen (1939:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Roberts (1946:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)

Tadarida ansorgei

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hill & Carter (1941:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Koopman (1975:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Legendre (1984:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41303865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11384)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
Corbet & Hill (1991:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Happold & Happold (2013:495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Nyctinomus rhodesiae

(A. Roberts, 1946)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rhodesiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 9977

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1946:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Chaerephon ansorgei

(Freeman, 1981)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787012

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Freeman (1981:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1993:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mops (Chaerephon) ansorgei

Van Cakenberghe & Seamark, 2021

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

493

Authority publication

Pretoria

Name usages

Van Cakenberghe & Seamark (2021:493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59994)
Simmons & Cirranello (2022:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67562)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4306/22020564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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