Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea
Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Mops
Species: Mops leucogaster
Name
Mops leucogaster (A. Grandidier, 1869)
Neotype: FMNH 176137, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Vola Razakarivony on 11 November 2002. [designated by Ratrimomanarivo, Goodman, Stanley, Naidoo, Taylor & Lamb (2009: 28)]
Type locality: “Mahab, au Ménabé”, redesignated by neotype designation to “in the Menabe Region of western coastal Madagascar, specifically at Belo sur Mer (20°44.139'S, 44°00.266'E) at 10 m above sea level” by Ratrimomanarivo, Goodman, Stanley, Naidoo, Taylor & Lamb (2009: 28).
Combinations
Nyctinomus leucogaster Grandidier, 1869: 337 [original combination]
Synonyms
websteri Dollman, 1908
cristatus J. A. Allen, 1917
frater J. A. Allen, 1917
nigri Hatt, 1928
Native distribution areas
Madagascar
Comores
Mayotte
Tanzania: Pemba Island
References
Primary references
Grandidier, A. 1869. Description de quelques animaux nouveaux découverts, pendant l'année 1869, sur la côte ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée 21: 337–342. BHL Reference page.
Links
Ramasindrazana, B. 2021. IUCN: Mops leucogaster (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T40038A22061204. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40038A22061204.en. Accessed on 04 June 2024.
Vernacular names
English: Grandidier's Free-tailed Bat
Grandidier's free-tailed bat (Mops leucogaster) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna. It has at times been considered synonymous with the little free-tailed bat.[2]
Classical ring species hypothesis
A ring species occurs when two populations that are connected by a geographic ring of populations that can interbreed but do not interbreed despite living in the same region. Upon migrating to the Comoros, Grandidier's free-tailed bat and C. pusillius became sympatric. There is evidence of isolation between the two populations further restricting gene flow.[citation needed]
References
Ramasindrazana, B. (2021). "Mops leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40038A22061204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40038A22061204.en. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
Naidoo, Theshnie; Goodman, Steven M; Schoeman, M. Corrie; Taylor, Peter J; Lamb, Jennifer M (2016). "Partial support for the classical ring species hypothesis in the Chaerephon pumilus species complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southeastern Africa and western Indian Ocean islands". Mammalia. 80 (6). doi:10.1515/mammalia-2015-0062. S2CID 89517662.
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