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Mops (greater mastiff bat)
Taxonomy
Tadarida (Mops) was named by Lesson (1842). It is extant.
It was reranked as Mops by Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (2002) and Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Tadarida by Lesson (1842); to Tadaridinae by Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (2002); and to Molossidae by Burney et al. (2008).
It was reranked as Mops by Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (2002) and Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Tadarida by Lesson (1842); to Tadaridinae by Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (2002); and to Molossidae by Burney et al. (2008).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Tadarida (Mops) Lesson p. 18 |
| 2002 | Mops Arroyo-Cabrales et al. p. 385 |
| 2008 | Mops Burney et al. p. 18 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Mops Lesson 1842 [greater mastiff bat]
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†Mops kerio Gunnell and Manthi 2018
†Mops turkwellensis Gunnell and Manthi 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya (Turkana District) | Mops kerio (198275) Mops turkwellensis, Mops kerio (198274) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | Mops leucostigma (92733) |