Mops (Mops) sarasinorum A. Meyer 1899

Mops (Mops) sarasinorum A. Meyer 1899, Abh. Zool. Anthrop.-Ethnolog. Mus. Dresden, 7 (7): 16.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, Batulappa (North of Lake Tempe).

Vernacular Names: Sulawesian Free-tailed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Mops (Mops) sarasinorum subsp. sarasinorum A. Meyer 1899

Subspecies Mops (Mops) sarasinorum subsp. lanei Taylor 1934

Distribution: Sulawesi (Indonesia) and adjacent small islands; Philippines.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Mops . Includes lanei (formerly included in Philippinopterus); see Freeman (1981) and Hill and Rozendaal (1989). Possibly conspecific with mops; see Corbet and Hill (1992).