Mormopterus petrophilus (Roberts, 1917)

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 238

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7291523
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scientific name	Mormopterus petrophilus (Roberts, 1917)
status

Treatment

Mormopterus petrophilus (Roberts, 1917) View in CoL . Ann. Transvaal Mus., 6:4.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Transvaal, near Rustenburg, Bleskap .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, perhaps Ghana.

SYNONYMS: erongensis, fitzsimonsi , haagneri , umbratus .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sauromys ; see Freeman (1981:133, 161). Formerly included in genus Sauromys by Peterson (1965a:12).

References

Freeman, P. W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 7: 1 - 173.

Peterson, R. L. 1965 a. A review of the flat-headed bats of the family Molossidae from South America and Africa. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences, Contribution, 64: 1 - 32.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Molossidae
Genus	Mormopterus

Mormopterus petrophilus (Roberts, 1917)

Karl F. Koopman 1993

1993

Mormopterus petrophilus (Roberts, 1917)

Roberts 1917: 4

1917

Specimens