Mops (Chaerephon)

Mops (Chaerephon)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Mops
Subgenus:
Species (20): M. (C.) aloysiisabaudiaeM. (C.) ansorgeiM. (C.) atsinananaM. (C.) bemmeleniM. (C.) bivittatusM. (C.) bregullaeM. (C.) chapiniM. (C.) gallagheriM. (C.) jobensisM. (C.) jobimenaM. (C.) johorensisM. (C.) leucogasterM. (C.) majorM. (C.) nigeriaeM. (C.) plicatusM. (C.) pumilusM. (C.) pusillusM. (C.) russatusM. (C.) solomonisM. (C.) tomensis

Name

  • Mops (Chaerephon) Dobson, 1874

Synonyms

Type Species: Molossus (Nyctinomus) johorensis Dobson, 1873

References

  • Dobson, 1874. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 43: 144.
  • Goodman, S.M. et al. 2010: Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in western Indian Ocean members of the Chaerephon ‘pumilus’ complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the description of a new species from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 2551: 1–36. Preview

Vernacular names

  • English: Lesser Mastiff Bats.