Mops
About fifteen species, of which three species are represented in the Zoochat galleries.
Eastern Madagascar Free-tailed Bat Mops atsinanana
Monotypic
Photo by
@Giant Eland in the wild, Madagascar
Eastern Madagascar Free-tailed Bat (Mops atsinanana) - ZooChat
Angolan Free-tailed Bat Mops condylurus
Four subspecies have been described (
condylurus, orientis, osborni, wonderi) but otherwise treated as being monotypic.
Photo by
@Giant Eland in the wild, Uganda
Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) - ZooChat
Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed Bat Mops leucostigma
Monotypic
Photo by
@Giant Eland in the wild, Madagascar
Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat (Mops leucostigma) - ZooChat
The remaining species are not represented in the Zoochat galleries:
Bakari's Free-tailed Bat
Mops bakarii
Sierra Leone Free-tailed Bat
Mops brachypterus
Medje Free-tailed Bat
Mops congicus
Mongalla Free-tailed Bat
Mops demonstrator
Midas Free-tailed Bat
Mops midas
Malayan Free-tailed Bat
Mops mops
Dwarf Free-tailed Bat
Mops nanulus
Niangara Free-tailed Bat
Mops niangarae
White-bellied Free-tailed Bat
Mops niveiventer
Peterson's Free-tailed Bat
Mops petersoni
Sulawesi Free-tailed Bat
Mops sarasinorum
Spurrell's Free-tailed Bat
Mops spurrelli
Railer Free-tailed Bat
Mops thersites
Trevor's Free-tailed Bat
Mops trevori
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Mormopterus
At least eighteen species, although several are probably species complexes. There are two species represented in the Zoochat galleries.
Peter’s Goblin Bat Mormopterus jugularis
Monotypic
Photo by
@Giant Eland in the wild, Madagascar
Peters's goblin bat (Mormopterus jugularis) - ZooChat
Inland Freetail Bat Mormopterus petersi
Monotypic
Photo by
@Monty in the wild, Australia (there is no locality data with this photo, so it could be one of the other species in the Australian complex)
Inland Freetail Bat | ZooChat
Eastern Free-tailed Bat Mormopterus ridei
Probably composed of two species (southern Australian and northern Australian). The species was itself formerly treated as a subspecies of the New Guinean
Mormopterus loriae.
Photo by
@Najade at the Tolga Bat Hospital, Australia (animal from the northern population)
Eastern Free-tailed Bat (Mormopterus ridei) | ZooChat
The remaining species are not represented in the Zoochat galleries:
Mauritius Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus acetabulosus
Beccari's Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus beccarii
Northern Coastal Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus cobourgiana (split from
Mormopterus loriae)
Sumatran Mastiff Bat
Mormopterus doriae
Bristle-faced or Hairy-nosed Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus eleryi
Reunion Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus francoismoutoui (split from
Mormopterus acetabulosus)
Cape York Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus halli (split from
Mormopterus loriae)
Kalinowski's Mastiff Bat
Mormopterus kalinowskii
Southwestern Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus kitcheneri (split from
Mormopterus planiceps)
Loria's Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus loriae
North Australian Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus lumsdenae (split from
Mormopterus beccarii)
Little Goblin Bat
Mormopterus minutus
East-coast Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus norfolkensis
Incan Little Mastiff Bat
Mormopterus phrudus
Southern Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus planiceps